NTIA rolls along with its spectrum evaluation
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is moving along in its efforts to free up 500 MHZ of spectrum over the next ten years. The NTIA announced yesterday that it is evaluating...
View ArticleSo what is spectrum
Sometimes we policy wonks and tech geeks get so comfortable inside the bubble that we forget that a growing number of our audience includes people who may not even know how a radio works and, I...
View ArticleNTIA special committee to have open meeting on spectrum
November 10th will mean more than just the Marine Corp’s birthday. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee will meet on that...
View ArticleToday’s House Small Business Hearing on Broadband a Reminder of Congress’...
Today the House Committee on Small Business heard from the heads of the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the Rural Utility Service....
View ArticleSection 706 Puts FCC in Unnecessary Bind
Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act puts the Federal Communications Commission in a peculiar bind. The statute requires that the FCC determine whether Americans have access to high-speed,...
View ArticleApps economy: What Congress needs to do to develop it
The apps economy is about infrastructure and if Congress wants to see this vibrant industry develop, an industry that, according to testimony before Congress by TechNet CEO Rey Ramsey, has created...
View ArticleChanneling Ross Perot
The great sucking sound you hear is the sound of spectrum being sucked up by Apple’s new iPhone. The federal government has created a bottleneck on spectrum, sitting on approximately 85% of it while...
View ArticleBroadband stimulus program example of why government shouldn’t create markets
I took a look at testimony provided by Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Strickland to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce as part of its hearing on broadband stimulus. Mr. Strickland made...
View ArticleUsing broadband to create? Then you need to live in an urban or suburban area
The U.S. Department of Commerce yesterday put out a report documenting gaps in access to broadband between rural and urban communities as well as the variation in access to broadband within these two...
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