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Internet Ecosystem with Tom Tauke - Impact of Regulation on Innovation in Health Care

Tom Tauke, Verizon's executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications, spoke at the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum. He says a "fundamental change in the thought process of policymakers" is required to encourage innovation.

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Internet Ecosystem with Tom Tauke - Net Neutrality

Tom Tauke, Verizon's executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications, spoke at the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum. On net neutrality, he says it is critically important that federal agencies have specific guidelines and limits on their authority.

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Internet Ecosystem with Tom Tauke - Cable Joint Venture and Spectrum Policy

Tom Tauke, Verizon's executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications, spoke at the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum in a session titled "The Internet Ecosystem: Policy Issues for the Next Four Years." He made the case for regulators allowing a secondary market in spectrum transactions to flourish.

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Internet Ecosystem with Tom Tauke - People issues

Tom Tauke, Verizon's executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications, spoke at the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum in a session titled "The Internet Ecosystem: Policy Issues for the Next Four Years." He painted a picture of an innovative model for communications policy that encourages participation by multiple stakeholders, rather than one that remains tethered to antiquated rules.

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Internet Ecosystem with Tom Tauke - Spectrum Policy

Tom Tauke, Verizon's executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications, spoke at the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum.

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Internet Ecosystem with Tom Tauke - Main Competitors

Tom Tauke, Verizon's executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications, spoke at the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum. In this clip, he identifies the list of "potential competitors," noting that due to the dynamic nature of the Internet ecosystem, this list is always changing.

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Welcome to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC

In early September, visitors from around the nation will join together in Charlotte, NC for the Democratic National Convention. Verizon Wireless has been hard at work preparing and enhancing their network to ensure visitors and residents have an excellent experience. In this short video, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and Verizon Wireless Regional President Jerry Fountain describe many of the enhancements Charlotte will enjoy.

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U.S. Ignite Initiative Launch

The White House announces a new public-private partnership with nearly 100 industry, community, and university partners that will drive a new wave of next-generation broadband networks and applications.

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HIMSS 2012 Health IT Trends - Mobility & Continuum of Patient Care

Andy Mekelburg, vice president of federal government relations for Verizon, highlights the role that mobile devices and applications will have on transforming U.S. health care delivery. Andy notes that the growing adoption of mobile devices and apps in health care will help enable a continuum of care that will lead to better of care for patients.

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A Flow of Information

Kathy Brown, Verizon SVP says the internet is a vehicle of information, and information has to flow freely; it can't be blocked.

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Politic365 Interviews Howard Woolley, Senior VP, Verizon Wireless

Verizon Senior VP Howard Woolley talks with Politic365's Kristal High about a variety of wireless issues, including taxation, innovation and first responders.

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Cybersecurity Symposium Session 3

The University of Rhode Island hosted a symposium on cybersecurity, where Marc Sachs of Verizon gave a talk on the lessons to be learned from large data breach investigations.

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Annenberg Innovation Lab Conference Panel: Speed Bumps on the Digital Highway

This panel is from our 2011 inaugural conference See with New Eyes featuring the best minds in Industry, Academia, and the Arts tackling the frontiers of communication and innovation.

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Perspectives from the C-Suite: Working with New Stakeholders

How are businesses working with new, non-traditional stakeholders? Kathryn C. Brown, Verizon's senior vice president for corporate responsibility, explains why non-traditional stakeholders are important, discusses the risks surrounding engagement, and highlights how and why Verizon is working with these stakeholders.

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TechCrunch: Verizon’s Tom Tauke on Net Neutrality

Thomas Tauke, EVP of Public Policy, talks to Andrew Keen about the benefits of the Google-Verizon proposal for Net Neutrality

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CSPAN: The Communicators

Tom Tauke, Executive Vice President of Verizon, explains his company's perspective on the FCC's National Broadband plan. Program from Saturday, April 3, 2010.

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Broadband Policy Keynote Address

Thomas Tauke, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Policy and Communications, Verizon, delivers the keynote address at the MMTC Broadband & Social Justice Policy Summit

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A Hearing on “Universal Service Reform Act of 2009”

The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held a hearing on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, to examine a discussion draft of the Universal Service Reform Act of 2009.