Forums
What do you think?
Open MIC forums provide you with an opportunity to weigh in with your information, your analysis and your conclusions regarding key issues affecting media responsibility from the viewpoint of investors.
We’re launching with just Forums on a just a few subjects – intended to address multiple subjects – but as the discussion develops, and demand warrants, we’ll expand to include Forums on multiple topics.
To join the discussion and post your comments, you’ll need to first register with Open MIC. Posters are encouraged to express their views in an atmosphere of mutual respect. Remember: the best posts are well-reasoned, supported by facts and information, and written clearly. All posts are subject to our posting guidelines.
- Login to post new content in the forum.
| Forum | Topics | Posts | Last post |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Open MIC proposes encouraging transparency by establishing a reporting process for media and telecommunications companies to provide information on a range of media practices in order to encourage transparency.
|
2 | 2 | 4 years 11 weeks ago by margoalderton |
|
Freedom of expression is fundamental to democracy, yet major cable and telephone companies that provide internet access and other information services have thus far failed to disclose standards that would guarantee open access to media to all customers.
|
1 | 1 | 4 years 17 weeks ago by margoalderton |
|
The United States ranks 15th in the world for broadband penetration and typical U.S. lines are far slower than those in many countries—how can these numbers be improved?
|
1 | 1 | 4 years 10 weeks ago by tec2007 |
The Open MIC Blog
In the News...
"The choice is simple for the FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice: Stop this merger now. If it is allowed to happen it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to recreate a competitive wireless market."
Seattle Times
AT&T is lining up support for its acquisition of T-Mobile from a slew of liberal groups with no obvious interest in telecom deals — except that they’ve received big piles of AT&T’s cash.
Politico.com
AT&T is lining up support for its acquisition of T-Mobile from a slew of liberal groups with no obvious interest in telecom deals — except that they’ve received big piles of AT&T’s cash. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56660.html#ixzz1OzfkZFlI
Politico.com
"Opposition is steadily growing to AT&T Inc.'s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA, as competitors, state regulators and elected officials have come out in recent days expressing concerns about the acquisition from Deutsche Telekom AG. "
The Wall Street Journal
"This merger will also be good for workers. Past experience with major wireless mergers indicates that employee retention issues can be managed through careful planning and the return of outsourced work to the United States."
Broadband Breakfast
 |
 |
 |
|
||
|
|
||
 |
|
 |
|
||
Shareholders of AT&T Inc. have filed a proposal calling for the company “to publicly commit to operate its wireless broadband network consistent with network neutrality principles” that would maintain open access to the Internet on wireless networks.
The filing comes only weeks before implementation of new Federal Communications Commission rules on network neutrality that provide a broad exemption for wireless broadband networks – the fastest growing segment of the Internet.
Here's the complete text of a proposal introduced by AT&T shareholders for consideration at the company's annual meeting in April 2012.
The senators advocate for a shareholder opportunity to "tell corporate boards that net neutrality is an important issue and telecommunications companies should ensure equal, nondiscriminatory access to all content on their networks."