Competition in the Wireless Environment: How to Get More Handsets on More Networks

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Competition in the Wireless Environment:

How to Get More Handsets on More Networks

After more than four years of exclusivity with AT&T, Apple has signed a deal making the iPhone available through Verizon this month.  Meanwhile, Verizon declined to sign its own exclusivity deal with Apple on the popular handset.  Will this open the door to other, smaller carriers to get the iPhone in the coming months?  And what does it say about the future of exclusivity agreements between handset manufacturers and wireless carriers generally?

Telecommunications advocates, policy-makers, journalists, top officials and the general public, all seeking to trade insights on these important issues, are invited to attend this event of the Broadband Breakfast Club, which includes full American and Continental breakfasts, for as little as $45.00, plus a modest registration fee.

This event is on the record and open to the public. 

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Event Details

Title:  Competition in the Wireless Environment: How to Get More Handsets on More Networks

Date:  Tuesday, February 15, 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. 

Where:  Clyde's of Gallery Place, 707 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001

The breakfast begins at 8 a.m., followed by a discussion, beginning shortly after 8:30 a.m. and ending by 10 a.m.

Panelists:

Coleman Bazelon, Principal, The Brattle Group

Dr. Bazelon is an expert in regulation and strategy in the wireless, wireline, and video sectors. He has consulted and testified on behalf of clients in numerous telecommunications matters, ranging from wireless license auctions, spectrum management, and competition policy, to patent infringement, wireless reselling, and broadband deployment. Dr. Bazelon advises regulatory and legislative bodies, including the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Congress. He also has expertise in the federal government’s use of discount rates for policy and regulatory analysis, intellectual property valuation, and antitrust and damages analysis. Previously Dr. Bazelon was a vice president with Analysis Group, an economic and strategy consulting firm. During that time, he expanded the firm’s telecommunications practice area. He also served as a principal analyst in the Microeconomic and Financial Studies Division of the Congressional Budget Office

Seth Bloom, General Counsel, Senate Anti-trust Submittee, staff of Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI)

Seth Bloom serves as general counsel of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee on the staff of Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), the chairman of the subcommittee. He is responsible for antitrust, competition, and other business regulation issues for Senator Kohl. He has served on Senator Kohl's staff on the Antitrust Subcommittee since 1999. Before joining the staff of the Antitrust Subcommittee, he was as a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to his position at the Justice Department, Mr. Bloom spent several years as an attorney in private practice in Washington, D.C., specializing in business and commercial litigation. Mr. Bloom holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.A. from the University of Rochester.

Parul Desai, Communications Policy Counsel, Consumers Union

Parul P. Desai is communications policy counsel for Consumers Union, the non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports. Working out of the Washington, D.C. office, Parul manages the organization’s advocacy efforts on cable, wireless, telephone, and Internet policy. She is also responsible for working closely with federal policy makers on telecommunications and media law and policy. Prior to joining Consumers Union, Parul served as Vice President for Media Access Project, a non-profit, public interest law firm and advocacy organization working in communications policy. Parul is a graduate of New York Law School and her undergraduate degree is from Rutgers University.

Julia Tanner, General Counsel, MTPCS, LLC d/b/a Cellular One

Julia Tanner is General Counsel to MTPCS, a Cellular One carrier in Montana, and its affiliates in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. She established and manages the legal division of this group of wireless
telecommunication carriers, advising officers and executives on matters including transactional, consumer, and regulatory law and proceedings, and coordinates the work of outside counsel. Previously, she served as
General Counsel of Sol Communications, a PCS carrier in Texas, until that carrier was sold. Before that, she was an attorney at Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., in Washington, D.C., advising PCS clients. She also served as an attorney-advisor at the Federal Communications Commission, working on rule makings involving spectrum auctions, CMRS carrier regulation, and Telecommunications Act implementation. Julia holds a
J.D. from Boston University School of Law and a B.A. from Cornell University.

The event will be moderated by Jonathan Charnitski, Managing Editor at BroadbandBreakfast.com. Jonathan began his career as a journalist before turning his focus to law and policy. He is an attorney licensed in Texas and the District of Columbia and has worked previously as a political reporter, in political campaign communications and on Capitol Hill. He holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Washington and a J.D. from Villanova Law School, where he focused his studies on Internet and intellectual property law and policy.

Join the conversation for an engaging and in-depth examination of broadband - one of the most vital topics of our day.

The Broadband Breakfast Club is a "widely attended event" under House of Representatives Rule 25, clause 5(a)(4)(A).

PLEASE NOTE: The Broadband Breakfast Club has moved to Clyde's of Gallery Place, at 707 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, conveniently located adjacent to the Gallery Place Metro Station on the Red Line.

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