• Funding and implementation of P.L. 116-283, Section 9202 S. 1260, US Innovation and Competition Act H.R. 4032, Open RAN Outreach Act

Duration: March 17, 2020 to December 31, 2022

General Issues: Telecommunications, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $540,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2020: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Natl Security Council (NSC)

Affiliated organizations: Facebook; Intel Corp.; Vodafone; Telefonica; Deutsche Telekom AG; BT (British Telecom)

Related Foreign Entities: Vodafone (Berkshire RG14 2FN, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Telefonica (28050 Madrid, ESP); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Deutsche Telekom AG (53113 Bonn, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; BT (British Telecom) (London, EC1A 7AJ, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%