At Sprint’s annual investor meeting on May 15, shareholders will vote for the first time on a measure that calls on Sprint to uphold net neutrality principles on its wireless networks. These principles support an open and free Internet. AT&T and Verizon shareholders recently brought up similar, first-time measures at their annual meetings, and the Continue Reading
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More than a decade ago the Federal Communications Commission came up with a great idea to help combat the massive consolidation in the radio market and to give local communities a voice of their own – low power FM radio stations. The stations were to be small at 100 watts – roughly the energy needed Continue Reading
News Release Consumers Union Policy and Action from Consumer Reports Thursday, March 1, 2012 As Google’s New Privacy Policy Takes Effect, Consumers Union Raises Concerns, Offers Tips for Users WASHINGTON – As Google rolls out its new privacy policy today, Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, is raising concerns that Google Continue Reading
News Release Consumers Union Thursday, January 26, 2012 WASHINGTON — According to news reports, AT&T today called for Congress to mandate how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would structure and operate its next spectrum auction, a move that would take away the FCC’s ability to set conditions on who can bid on spectrum and how Continue Reading
News Release Consumers Union Monday, December 19, 2011 AT&T and T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom today announced that they have agreed to drop their bid to merge the two wireless companies. Parul P. Desai, policy counsel for Consumers Union¸ the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports, said, “It’s an early holiday present for Continue Reading
News Release Consumers Union/Consumer Federation of America December 13, 2011 Washington, D.C. – Consumers Union (CU) and the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) today applauded the decision of the Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to adopt the Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policymaking as a recommendation. This decision gives the Continue Reading
News Release Consumers Union – Policy and Advocacy Division of Consumer Reports Thursday, December 01, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier today, AT&T responded in a blog post to the FCC’s recently released staff report on its proposed merger with T-Mobile, calling it unfair and “one-sided.” Parul P. Desai, policy counsel for Consumers Union, the policy Continue Reading
Consumers Union – Policy and Advocacy Division of Consumer Reports Tuesday, November 29, 2011 WASHINGTON – Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports, today praised the settlement of the Federal Trade Commission’s charges against Facebook for misleading consumers about the use of their private information. Ioana Rusu, regulatory counsel for Continue Reading
News Release Consumers Union – the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports Tuesday, November 22, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the Chairman will call for an administrative hearing in the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. The hearing, rare for mergers of this kind, will add another Continue Reading
News Release Consumers Union – Policy and Advocacy Division of Consumer Reports Wednesday, November 16, 2011 WASHINGTON — As a House subcommittee prepares to mark up two bills to restructure the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports, is urging members to oppose the legislation. The House Continue Reading