Digital Crossroads

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Telecommunications Law and Policy in the Internet Age

Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Howard Shelanski

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MIT Press
16 June 2026

Technology: general issues

An incisive and thoroughly updated guide to U.S. telecommunications regulation-and what it can teach us about competition policy for Big Tech.

In Digital Crossroads, two experts on telecommunications and tech policy offer a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the regulation of competition in the U.S. telecommunications industry. The first two editions of Digital Crossroads (also MIT Press) became essential guides for policymakers, lawyers, scholars, and students in a fast-moving and complex policy field.

In this third edition, the authors have updated the book to include a wide range of industry developments that have reshaped telecommunications policy since the second edition's publication in 2013. These include the rise and fall of common carrier regulation for broadband ISPs, further consolidation within the wireless industry, redoubled efforts to free up more spectrum for commercial uses, the increasing competitive significance of low-Earth-orbiting satellite broadband, and seismic shifts in broadband subsidy initiatives.

The book also includes a new final chapter that explores what the history of telecommunications regulation can teach us about competition policy for today's largest digital platforms. As the authors explain, many proposals for regulating tech markets bear a strong resemblance to the regulatory measures that U.S. policymakers have taken, with varying degrees of success, to promote greater competition within the telecommunications industry over the past 50 years. The authors conclude that the lessons learned from those regulatory experiments should inform today's competition policy for Big Tech.

By: Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Howard Shelanski
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262052245
ISBN 10: 0262052245
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 16 June 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jonathan E. Nuechterlein is Distinguished Scholar at George Washington University's Competition Law Center, Lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Law School. He formerly served as General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission (2013-2016), Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission (2000-2001), and Assistant to the Solicitor General (1996-2000). Howard A. Shelanski is Professor of Law at Georgetown University, where he holds the Joseph and Madeline Sheehy Chair in Antitrust Law and Trade Regulation, and a partner at Davis, Polk & Wardwell, LLP. He was formerly Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (2013-2017), Director (2012-2013) and Deputy Director (2009-2011) of the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission, Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission (1999-2000), and Senior Economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisers (1998-1999).

Reviews for Digital Crossroads: Telecommunications Law and Policy in the Internet Age

ENDORSEMENTS “Eagerly anticipated by those in the field, the third edition of Digital Crossroads does not disappoint. The book is a must-have for anyone interested in the history and future of telecommunications law and policy.” —Daniel T. Deacon, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School “This new edition of Digital Crossroads is a comprehensive resource on telecommunications policy, providing clear overviews and in-depth analysis of the incentives, political motivations, and economics unavailable anywhere else. It is essential for policymakers, practitioners, and students.” —Greg Rosston, Gordon Cain Senior Fellow and Director of Public Policy Program, Stanford University “Digital Crossroads taught me telecommunications law. Reasonable readers may see some details differently, but the new edition reestablishes and strengthens the text’s status as the essential reference for every internet and telecommunications lawyer and scholar.” —Tejas N. Narechania, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law