1. Welcome and Opening Thoughts Lawrence J. Spiwak President The Phoenix Center 2006 Phoenix Center Annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium December 6, 2005 Washington, D.C.

2. What’s New at the Phoenix Center… Thirteen (13) Phoenix Center Papers  Research Topics:  Franchise Reform  Net Neutrality  Oil Company Profits  A la carte cable  Scope of “public interest” authority  Mergers  Adjudication of Net Neutrality claims  Software liability  “Valley of Death” Two (2) papers published in academic journals Three (3) other papers accepted in academic journals for publication forthcoming Q1 2007

3. Op-eds placed in major News Outlets  Legal Times  CNET  Orange County Register  St. Petersburg Times  Dallas-Ft. Worth Star Telegram Significant Citations  Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives  Floor of the U.S. Senate  Congressional Research Service  FCC Nearly 200 hits in major media and trade press What’s New at the Phoenix Center…

4. Eleven (11) Different Phoenix Center Events in 2006  Congressional Briefings  NARUC Breakfast Workshops  Telecom Town Hall  Phoenix Center Retreat  FCC Senior Staff Briefings Testimony  New Jersey  Pennsylvania  Florida Speeches  NARUC  MACRUC  SEARUC  FCBA  University of New Mexico

5. What’s New at the Phoenix Center… Significant Appointments:  FCC appoints Phoenix Center Resident Scholar Tom Koutsky to chair North American Numbering Council (NANC)  Phoenix Center awarded grant by U.S. Department of State to participate in Telecommunication Leadership Program (TLP)  Trip to Manila and Hanoi in January  Phoenix Center awarded major contract by Technology Administration in the Department of Commerce to Study “Funding Gap/Valley of Death” for Technology Development  Theoretical Paper (expected late January)  “Summit” (expected March/April)  Final Report (expected summer 2007) Phoenix Center adds new Resident Scholar