Technology

Telemedicine: A Force That Can Deliver Healthcare Across the Nation?

February 2, 2013

Tweet Without our health, we are all extremely limited to what we can achieve in life.  I’m a strong believer of this motto.  Health is a fundamental aspect of every person’s life and makes the discussion of healthcare and the delivery of health services that much more important for all Americans.  As we continue to [...]

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Federal Regulators Can Help Drive New Investment in America

January 30, 2013

Tweet As we enter a new year and embrace the promise of President Obama’s second term, our highest priority must be finding new ways to help drive economic growth, job creation and equal opportunity in America.  That is why policymakers should quickly begin the process of upgrading America’s public switched telephone network (the copper “PSTN”) [...]

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MMTC Panel Offers Solutions for Accessible and Affordable Healthcare Powered by Broadband

January 28, 2013

Tweet At the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council’s Fourth Annual Broadband and Social Justice Summit last week, the organization for the first time held a panel on telemedicine – healthcare powered by broadband internet, also referred to as telehealth. The “Broadband Solutions for Accessible and Affordable Healthcare Delivery and Education in the 21st Century” panel [...]

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MMTC President David Honig Delivers State of Broadband and Social Justice Address at 2013 BBSJ Summit

January 17, 2013

Tweet MMTC Cofounder and President David Honig delivered the following remarks at the 4th Annual broadband and Social Justice Summit’s High Tech Policy Luncheon. The modern era of civil rights in the media began in 1951, two years after I was born.  It was in that year that the NAACP asked the FCC to hold [...]

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Former Members of Congress Join Forces as Co-Chairs of New Telecom and Internet Policy Task Force

January 16, 2013

Tweet Throughout 2012, the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) collaborated with a number of bipartisan parties to investigate whether there was a need to rewrite Congress’ current telecommunications policy. As a result of these meetings, the parties decided to move forward with advocating for telecom policy reform, thus forming a taskforce gathered to design [...]

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Have YOU Registered? Just TWO Days Away – MMTC’s Broadband and Social Justice Summit!

January 14, 2013

Tweet Washington, DC’s Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) will convene some of the nation’s most noted leaders on broadband policy, telecommunications, and social justice to discuss “Creating Economic Opportunity through Digital Equality” at its 4th Annual Broadband & Social Justice Summit. WASHINGTON, DC, 1/14/2013 – The 4th Annual Broadband and Social Justice Summit is [...]

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A Mobile Device is Not Your Grandmother’s Telephone Anymore: It’s a Mobile Health Center

January 13, 2013

Tweet I am in Dubai, holding up a mobile device in front of a large conference of Communications Ministers and industry representatives attending ITU Telecom World 2012. I ask, “What Is This?” They shout out answers in a cacophony of dialects and accents, literally from every corner of the world. While it is still a [...]

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MMTC’s 2013 Broadband and Social Justice Summit Highlights – Just 5 Days Away!

January 11, 2013

Tweet Washington, DC’s Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) will convene some of the nation’s most noted leaders on broadband policy, telecommunications, and social justice to discuss “Creating Economic Opportunity through Digital Equality” at its 4th Annual Broadband & Social Justice Summit. WASHINGTON, DC, 1/11/2013 – The 4th Annual Broadband and Social Justice Summit is [...]

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Comcast’s Cohen, Prison Payphone Justice Advocates to Receive Annual Social Justice Awards; MMTC Fellows to be Spotlighted at Broadband and Social Justice Summit

January 7, 2013

Tweet Washington, DC’s Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) will convene some of the nation’s most noted leaders on broadband policy, telecommunications, and social justice to discuss “Creating Economic Opportunity through Digital Equality” at its 4th Annual Broadband & Social Justice Summit. WASHINGTON, DC, 1/7/2013 – The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) created the [...]

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Social Media Slows Us Down

January 6, 2013

Tweet There’s only one thing left to do: confess while you still have time.  Let’s face it, the daily grind started well, but became more mundane by the hour and your virtual “social life” just couldn’t wait.  In fact, why should it?  It only takes a few minutes to hop online and update the Facebook status you [...]

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