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Welcome and Opening Thoughts

2006 Phoenix Center Annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium December 6, 2005 • Washington, D.C. Welcome and Opening Thoughts. Lawrence J. Spiwak President The Phoenix Center. What’s New at the Phoenix Center…. Thirteen (13) Phoenix Center Papers Research Topics: Franchise Reform Net Neutrality

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Welcome and Opening Thoughts

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  1. 2006 Phoenix Center Annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium December 6, 2005 • Washington, D.C. Welcome and Opening Thoughts Lawrence J. Spiwak President The Phoenix Center

  2. What’s New at the Phoenix Center… • Thirteen (13) Phoenix Center Papers • Research Topics: • Franchise Reform • Net Neutrality • Oil Company Profits • A la carte cable • Scope of “public interest” authority • Mergers • Adjudication of Net Neutrality claims • Software liability • “Valley of Death” • Two (2) papers published in academic journals • Three (3) other papers accepted in academic journals for publication forthcoming Q1 2007

  3. What’s New at the Phoenix Center… • Op-eds placed in major News Outlets • Legal Times • CNET • Orange County Register • St. Petersburg Times • Dallas-Ft. Worth Star Telegram • Significant Citations • Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives • Floor of the U.S. Senate • Congressional Research Service • FCC • Nearly 200 hits in major media and trade press

  4. What’s New at the Phoenix Center… • Eleven (11) Different Phoenix Center Events in 2006 • Congressional Briefings • NARUC Breakfast Workshops • Telecom Town Hall • Phoenix Center Retreat • FCC Senior Staff Briefings • Testimony • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Florida • Speeches • NARUC • MACRUC • SEARUC • FCBA • University of New Mexico

  5. What’s New at the Phoenix Center… • Significant Appointments: • FCC appoints Phoenix Center Resident Scholar Tom Koutsky to chair North American Numbering Council (NANC) • Phoenix Center awarded grant by U.S. Department of State to participate in Telecommunication Leadership Program (TLP) • Trip to Manila and Hanoi in January • Phoenix Center awarded major contract by Technology Administration in the Department of Commerce to Study “Funding Gap/Valley of Death” for Technology Development • Theoretical Paper (expected late January) • “Summit” (expected March/April) • Final Report (expected summer 2007) • Phoenix Center adds new Resident Scholar

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