Huawei, CCIA Top Lobbying Q4 Gains; BSA, NCTA Lead Decreases
Facebook, Amazon and other tech and communications companies had Q4 lobbying spending increases, while most industry groups' outlays remained level or decreased from the same quarter in 2020. Huawei, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, the now-defunct Internet Association (see…
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2112150026), and ViacomCBS had the largest percentage increases; BSA|The Software Alliance, NCTA and Broadcom had the steepest decreases. Facebook was again the biggest tech and communications spender, reporting $5.42 million, up more than 15%. Amazon spent $4.92 million, almost 4% higher. NCTA laid out $4.17 million, down 19%. CTIA's was $4.1 million, declining 11%. Comcast spent $3.49 million, dropping almost 11%. Charter and Verizon each spent $2.99 million, a 24% increase for Verizon and a 2% decrease for Charter. AT&T spent $2.94 million, more than 11% up. T-Mobile reported $2.64 million, a 10% increase. Qualcomm posted $2.49 million, a more than 33% jump. Microsoft was $2.47 million, a more than 12% rise. Google disclosed $2.21 million, a more than 4% increase. NAB spent $1.96 million, a more than 8% decrease. Apple spent $1.86 million, a 28% increase. ViacomCBS spent $1.597 million, a 79% jump. Dell had $1.25 million, 37% higher. IBM expended $1.06 million, an almost 1% increase. Huawei spent $980,000, a 48-times jump. Cox spent $840,000, a 1% boost. Disney spent $800,000, up 11%. USTelecom was $720,000, an 11% decrease. The Information Technology Industry Council spent $650,000, up 16%. IA expended $470,000 on lobbying during its final quarter, up more than 113%. Broadcom spent $410,000, down 16%. Twitter was $310,000, 16% lower. BSA spent $240,000, dropping more than 38%. The Wireless Infrastructure Association was $190,000, up more than 5%. ACA Connects spent $160,000, little changed. CCIA's $115,000 was up 475%. The Wireless ISP Association spent $72,000, level with 2020. The Telecommunications Industry Association spent $70,000, also level.