January 15, 2003 Retoothing the Tiger: Restoring Confidence in the Securities and Exchange Commission
	Rep. Michael Oxley (R-OH) speaks at the NMRC and Heritage Foundation event, "Retoothing the Tiger: Restoring Confidence in the Securities Exchange Commission." [ View Event on Heritage.org ] [ Media Coverage ]

December 30, 2003 - Reflections and Directions: Twenty Years After the Divestiture of AT&T
	20 Years After Break-Up of AT&T, NMRC releases report presenting views of four telecommunications experts and scholars examining the implications of divestiture. [ Media Coverage ]

December 16, 2003 - The Future of Internet Phone Calling: Regulatory Imperatives to Protect the Promise of VoIP for Industry and Consumers

This NMRC report finds that an unsettled regulatory picture could threaten emerging VoIP services with unresolved regulatory questions. The consensus of authors of this report call on the FCC to (1) develop a clear national VoIP framework; (2) subject VoIP applications that function like telecom services to certain telephony rules; (3) regulate all VoIP service providers equally; and (4) ensure that statutory social responsibilities are met. [ Media Coverage ]

December 9, 2003 - Is Phone "Competition at the Crossroads?": An Analysis of the Consumer Federation of America's Local Competition Study

This CEI/NMRC report finds that the CFA study takes positions and makes claims not supported by empirical evidence and misapplies data to support conclusions. The CFA study paints a picture that competition has failed in the telecom industry, and the industry will re-monopolize and increase consumer prices. The CEI and NMRC report authors, Solveig Singleton and Stephen Pociask, strongly dispute these CFA study claims. [ Media Coverage ]

October 20, 2003 - Being Served: Broadband Competition in the Small and Medium Sized Business Market
	This jointly released Pacific Research Institute (PRI) and NMRC study shows fierce competition in the SME Broadband market. PRI's Sonia Arrison documents that the SME market is well served by multiple broadband providers. [ Media Coverage ]

September 17, 2003 - NMRC releases Criterion Economics Report, "The Effect of Ubiquitous Broadband Adoption on Investment, Jobs and the U.S. Economy"
	This report highlights the range of new U.S. jobs possible and billions of dollars per year in consumer value resulting from wider use of broadband technology. [ Media Coverage]

September 15, 2003 - Digital Rights Management: A Balanced Scorecard of Stakeholder Views
	This "scorecard" of stakeholder views regarding DRM highlights common ground among factions (e.g., content industry, tech industry, ISPs, consumers, etc.) and opportunities for bridge building. It provides readers with easy-to-track information on key players and their issues, essential reading for reporters, policy wonks, and the general public. [ Media Coverage ]

June 17, 2003 - Universal Service: Do Consumers Lose Under a Connections Based Approach?
	Diverse range of experts including James A. Bachtell (Georgetown University Law Center); Matthew Bennett, (APT); Mark Cooper, (CFA); Larry F. Darby, (Darby Associates); Jeffrey Kramer (AARP); and, Leroy Watson, (National Grange); highlight how changing the Universal Service Fund to a "connection tax" basis will harm low-income, low-volume and rural consumers in the U.S. [ Media Coverage ]

June 16, 2003 - The Effects of Bargain Wholesale Prices on Local Telephone Competition: Does Helping Competitors Help Consumers?
	CEI (Singleton) and NMRC (Hepner) jointly release the first study quantifying the pocketbook cost to consumers of artificially low wholesale prices for telecommunications services required under current federal unbundled network element (UNE) and UNE-P rules. Stephen B. Pociask, president, TeleNomic Research authors this examination. [ Media Coverage ]

February 4, 2003 - What's at Stake at the FCC on UNEs: Ensuring Sustainable Competition
	NMRC examines whether UNE-P is promoting investment in advanced telecom infrastructure, with papers by Matthew D. Bennett (APT), John Malone (EMG), Randolph J. May (PFF), Stephen B. Pociask (TeleNomic Research) and Solveig Singleton (CEI). [ Media Coverage]