PowerPoints for Kelley Drye Partner Steve Augustino’s presentations, “Communications M&A: Lessons & Strategies” and “The New FCC Enforcement Bureau” and are now available.
TeleStrategies’ annual Communications Taxation Conference brings together the nation’s top tax professionals to address the challenging and amazingly complex domain of telecommunications taxation and compliance. This year’s conference took place on May 13-15, 2015 in Orlando, Florida. Over 300 tax professionals from all sectors of the industry; including wireline, mobile, IP as well as the emerging content, entertainment and cloud providers convened to discuss all aspects of telecom taxes, regulations and fees.
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The global wearables market is estimated to grow at a compound annual rate of 35 percent over the next five years, with smartwatches leading the charge. But where is the technology headed, and what will it take for wearables to become mainstream? With the proliferation of smart devices, what are business and legal best practices for companies that create and sell wearables? To lend their insight into this burgeoning market, Kelley Drye Senior Associate 
Are Your Organization’s Wireless Communications Putting Your Company at Risk? Learn more during our upcoming Kelley Drye webinar on Thursday, May 28, 2015 as our attorneys discuss what you need to know about wireless enforcement at the FCC. 
On April 16, 2015, Senior Associate 
Every aspect of American life today seems to involve interaction with an increasing number of digital devices, sensors, and other electronics. Estimates are that by 2020, there will be more than 50 billion devices tied into the Internet of Things. Even apart from the IoT, there are myriad opportunities in today’s market for the productive and profitable deployment of new technology and applications. The equipment that makes this possible is subject to a broad framework of FCC regulation designed to protect wireless communications from harmful interference applicable to manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and other parties involved in marketing, selling, and using the devices. 
On March 12th, the FCC released its long-awaited 2015 Open Internet Order. In brief, the order reclassifies broadband Internet access service (BIAS) as a “telecommunications service” under Title II of the Communications Act, imposes three bright-line “Open Internet” rules, enhances the transparency rule, adopts a forward-looking reasonable conduct standard for service provider conduct, and forbears from applying a number of provisions of Title II. The rules apply equally to fixed and mobile BIAS providers, including resellers (e.g., MVNOs). The order is undoubtedly a landmark decision that changes dramatically, the FCC’s role with respect to consumer protection, the Internet, and the many business models that utilize the Internet in one way or another.
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