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Rob Frieden

Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications and Law
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Rob Frieden serves as Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications and Law at Penn State University. Professor Frieden has written several books, published over fifty articles in academic journals and provided commentary in a variety of print, broadcast and Internet media. He has provided updates to two major communications treatises: Modern Communications Law (West Publishing) and All About Cable (Law Journal Press). Before accepting an academic appointment, Professor Frieden served as Deputy Director International Relations for Motorola Satellite Communications, Inc. In that capacity, he provided a broad range of business development, strategic planning, policy analysis and regulatory functions for the IRIDIUM mobile satellite venture. Professor Frieden has held senior policy making positions in international telecommunications at the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. In the private sector, he practiced law in Washington, D.C., and served as Assistant General Counsel at PTAT System, Inc. where he handled corporate, transactional and regulatory issues for the world’s first private undersea fiber optic cable company. Professor Frieden holds a B.A., with distinction, from the University of Pennsylvania (1977) and a J.D. from the University of Virginia (1980).

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2017 - May 21	on	Hidden in Plain Sight: FCC Chairman Pai's Strategy to Consolidate the U.S. Wireless Marketplace
2016 - May 03	on	Broadband Carrier Quandary: Exploit Bandwidth Scarcity, or Reduce It?
2015 - Feb 06	on	What's Certain About the Regulatory Uncertainty Debate
2014 - Feb 14	on	Comcast-TWC: Why Compete and Innovate When You Can Buy Market Share?
2011 - Feb 07	on	AT Kearney Takes Side With Incumbent Telcos to Defend the Old World
2011 - Jan 08	on	New, Old and Forgotten Frames in the Network Neutrality Debate
2011 - Jan 08	on	New, Old and Forgotten Frames in the Network Neutrality Debate
2011 - Jan 06	on	New, Old and Forgotten Frames in the Network Neutrality Debate
2009 - Jul 28	on	National Broadband Infrastructure: Global Regulatory Re-Think Required
2008 - Dec 16	on	Bogus WSJ Story on Net Neutrality
2008 - Aug 02	on	Another Wrong-Headed WSJ Editorial
2008 - Aug 02	on	Another Wrong-Headed WSJ Editorial
2007 - Nov 29	on	In Praise of Relatively Dumb Pipes
2007 - Nov 29	on	In Praise of Relatively Dumb Pipes
2007 - Nov 29	on	In Praise of Relatively Dumb Pipes