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Rob Frieden serves as Academy and Emeritus Professor of Telecommunications and Law at Penn State University. Professor Frieden has written four books, published over one hundred articles in law reviews and telecommunications policy journals. He also provides commentary in a variety of print, broadcast and Internet media and updates the primary practitioners' handbook on cable television and broadband law: All About Cable and Broadband (Law Journal Press). Before accepting an academic appointment, Professor Frieden served as Deputy Director International Relations for Motorola Satellite Communications, Inc. In that capacity, he managed a broad range of business development, strategic planning, policy analysis and regulatory functions for the IRIDIUM mobile satellite venture.Professor Frieden has held senior policy making positions in international telecommunications at the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. In the private sector, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. and served as Assistant General Counsel at PTAT System, Inc. where he handled corporate, transactional and regulatory issues for the world’s first private undersea fiber optic cable company.Professor Frieden holds a B.A., with distinction, from the University of Pennsylvania (1977) and a J.D. from the University of Virginia (1980).Specialties: regulatory reform, spectrum management, interconnection, peering, traffic forecasting, ICT development, international standard setting, advocacy documents, transactions, due diligence, Internet of Things, cybersecurity, privacy regulation, network neutrality, next generation networks, intellectual property, privacy, FCC, and ITU.

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