IPI Telecommunications Expert to Testify Today at Texas Legislative Hearing 3/22/2004
From: Sonia Hoffman of the Institute for Policy Innovation, 972-874-5139 or shoffman@ipi.org, Web site: http://www.ipi.org News Advisory: Today the Texas House Committee on Regulated Industries hosts a hearing to discuss the state's telecom policy for the next decade. Testimony provided by the Dallas-based Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) -- an independent public-policy organization -- will recommend a program of deregulation to free up telecom companies to offer new products and services to consumers, and to encourage new job creation in Texas. IPI testimony will further explain why regulation, which may have been needed at one time, is no longer necessary. Deregulation will free up telecom companies to offer new products and services to consumers, and will encourage new job creation in Texas. IPI expert Barry Aarons, who is to testify at the hearing, is also the author of a newly released IPI report, "Time To Deregulate Wireline Communications." WHO: IPI Research Scholar & Telecommunications Expert, Barry Aarons, author of new IPI report, "Time to Deregulate Wireline Communications" WHAT: IPI's telecommunications expert Barry Aarons will be testifying today before the House Committee on Regulated Industries hearing. The hearing will address the future of Texas' telecommunications industry. Aarons' testimony will explain why the path to new innovation in wireline communications lies through deregulation. WHEN: Available to television, radio and print, from Austin, Texas. CONTACT: For copies of IPI testimony or to arrange interviews, Sonia Hoffman, shoffman@ipi.org, office: 972-874-5139 ------ The Institute for Policy Innovation is an independent, public policy organization based out of Dallas, Texas. For copies of IPI research on telecommunications, visit http://www.ipi.org. |