The Obama administration is suing to block the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA. Lawyers at the Department of Justice argue that the marriage of the second and fourth largest wireless carriers will reduce competition. It is clear from the complaint filed by the government that the lawyers at DOJ do not fully understand the present state of wireless competition.

Ignoring Deutsche Telekom’s needs, the DOJ and FCC blocked the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. As a result, an uncompetitive firm is now trapped in a market it wanted to leave.

With Europe collapsing, China stumbling, and India and Brazil retreating from full free market reform, we’re the last stable, pro-growth economy left.  

House Republicans have broken the hugely successful spectrum auction authorization first effected in 1993 and also delayed for many years any possibility that digital broadcast spectrum that is almost entirely unused can be repurposed to serve the growing demands for wireless broadband.

Mobile telephones now account for 75 percent of all telephone connections in nineteen of the poorest African countries. The growth in the numbers of mobile telephone subscribers in developing countries is twice that in developed countries. This conference examines recent empirical findings that mobile communication services have stimulated economic growth...

America's wireless communications industry has grown dramatically in recent years, as fierce competition and explosive technological change have improved service and driven down prices. These improvements have come about in a relatively low-key regulatory environment. But the very success of the industry, which has transformed service from a luxury to...

Returning government to the role of the enforcer of property rights, contract rights, and liability rules cannot be left to the courts alone.

Businesses and consumers must look to government to fulfill its basic responsibilities:protect property rights, enforce contracts, and enforce liability rules.