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California’s Legislature is Contemplating Abandoning Oversight Over Broadband Monopolies Just Like the FCC At a time when we are fighting to keep the future of broadband access from reverting back towards a monopoly , it seems implausible that a legislator would suggest their state should follow the Federal Communications Commission’s lead to abandon oversight over a highly concentrated, uncompetitive market. But Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez wants to take that exact approach.  The recently introduced A.B. 1366 mirrors the FCC’s abandonment of consumers with one exception—California fought to establish its own net neutrality rules under S.B. 822 passed last year. Apart from that, A.B. 1366 removes any semblance of the state promoting competition for broadband access through its state regulator, the California Public Utility Commission (the state version of an FCC). Instead, it appears to just hope that our cable monopolies will be benevolent.   We Need to Promote Com...

As a marketing veteran, I must admit, MIPIM Cannes appeared to be another  real estate tradeshow event with the same formula- conference, tradeshow and corporate brands.  I couldn’t have been more wrong! MIPIM Cannes was a virtual who’s who in the global property markets and they had a lot to say and business to do.  Many of the world’s growing cities were there demonstrating their future vision, and those plans were green and sustainable.  I saw cities putting citizens and the environment at the heart of their strategies, and I also observed corporations obsessed with the employee experience in their work environments, and this is the message that hit home for me.  For our part, Schneider Electric contributed to the conversation with executives on panel discussions on engaging the future with digitization in smart buildings. Schneider Electric real estate at MIPIM Cannes Michael Sullivan, VP Buildings Segments, discussing how digitization and smart build...