FCC Seeks Input on Dynamic Spectrum Access
As a prelude to proposing rules, the FCC is seeking comment on many issues related to dynamic spectrum access technologies, including how they can increase spectrum capacity and what the…
CTIA Report by the Numbers
The newly-released CTIA report on mobile networks reveals some interesting data. Summing the revenue data, the report says that US carriers have invested $295B in capital equipment and billed $1.4T…
Now Playing: Video over the Internet
Since Level 3 Communications launched their public relations battle against Comcast on November 29th, the tech press and the blogs have been abuzz with commentary and speculation about Internet peering,…
Experimental Radio Applications at the FCC
This summarizes a selection of applications for the Experimental Radio Service received by the FCC during November 2010. These are related to ultra-wideband (UWB), radar, TV white space, millimeter-wave, mobile…
The Perfect, the Good, and the FCC
It has been a busy week in U.S. communications policy, with an FCC meeting adopting important spectrum policy reforms, an FCC complaint about Comcast’s approval policies for cable modems, and…
FCC’s Action on Open Internet Rules
We haven’t commented on the biggest buzz in DC in tech policy until now since there’s not much to say about it from a technical perspective until we have the…
FCC Takes Further Steps toward Mobile Broadband in TV Spectrum
On November 30, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) as a preliminary step toward making the current TV broadcast spectrum available for use by fixed and mobile…