Gigi Sohn

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Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Senior Fellow & Public Advocate. She is the host of the "Tech on the Rocks Podcast." Gigi sits on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable and democratic communications networks. For thirty years, Gigi has worked across the country to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open and protective of user privacy. Most recently,…

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Tech Dirt: FCC Approved T-Mobile Sprint Merger Without Even Seeing the Full Details

Surprising nobody, the Ajit Pai FCC last week approved T-Mobile's $26 billion merger with Sprint. The approval comes despite that fact that antitrust experts, consumer advocates, and a long list of others have pointed out the deal will reduce wireless sector competition by 25%, inevitably driving up costs and reducing the quality…

Posted on October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Smart Cities Dive: FCC approves T-Mobile, Sprint merger

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile by a 3-2 margin. Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks voted against the plan, while Commissioners Brendan Carr and Michael O'Rielly joined Chair Ajit Pai in voting for it. The FCC is set to release an official order approving the deal soon.…

Posted on October 18, 2019October 22, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Raw Story: Critics warn ‘consumers will pay the price’ after GOP-controlled FCC approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

Consumers advocates called out Republicans on the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday for a party-line vote approving a “blatantly anti-competitive” proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers in the United States. Pai formalized his support for the $26.5 billion merger in August, with a statement that emphasized its…

Posted on October 17, 2019October 18, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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TelecomTV: FCC slated after party-line vote to OK T-Mobile-Sprint

The US Federal Communications Commission is feeling the heat after a vote along party lines resulted in a 3:2 majority approval for the T-Mobile-Sprint merger. The result should come as no surprise. FCC chairman Ajit Pai and his two fellow Republican commissioners said in May that the watchdog should wave through the…

Posted on October 17, 2019October 18, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Gigi Sohn Statement on FCC Approval of T-Mobile-Sprint Merger

By a 3-2 party line vote, the FCC approved the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint subject to a handful of mostly behavioral conditions. In late May, the Chairman and his two Republican colleagues announced their intention to approve the merger prior to the circulation of a draft order. The following…

Posted on October 16, 2019November 19, 2019 by Gigi Sohn

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The Hill: FCC approves T-Mobile-Sprint merger

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday voted along party lines to approve the $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, the final move needed for the deal to secure the U.S. government's full blessing. Two sources familiar confirmed to The Hill that the merger has been approved, with the three Republicans on the commission voting…

Posted on October 16, 2019October 17, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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C-SPAN: Communicators Roundtable on Internet Regulation Court Decision.

Gigi Sohn, (former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler’s adviser) & Patrick Halley (USTelecom Sr. VP of Advocacy & Regulatory Affairs) discussed ramifications of last week’s DC Appeals Court decision to uphold much, but not all, of a DC Federal Appeals Court ruling. Media at CSPAN.

Posted on October 8, 2019October 11, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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The Hill: Ex-FCC counselor calls for federal consumer privacy law

Consumer advocate Gigi Sohn is calling on the federal government to pass a comprehensive consumer privacy law, warning that lack of such a protection can lead to economic or even physical harm. “Every state has privacy laws but there isn’t a comprehensive consumer privacy law that particularly deals with online privacy,” Sohn,…

Posted on October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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The Hill: Obama-era FCC counsel rips Yang proposal to treat data as personal property

A former counselor to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman under President Obama on Thursday criticized Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang’s proposal to turn data into a property right, warning that such a move would lead to a deluge of lawsuits and create a "huge mess." “It’s impractical and I also…

Posted on October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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CNET: Net neutrality court ruling: States can set own rules

A federal appeals court on Tuesday issued a mixed ruling on the Federal Communications Commission repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules. The court upheld the FCC's repeal of the rules, but struck down a key provision that blocked states from passing their own net neutrality protections. The case pitted Mozilla and several other internet…

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