Could Microsoft be the Next Mobile Superpower?

The market’s response to Microsoft’s purchase of Skype has been far from welcoming. A sharp drop in Microsoft’s share price was followed last week by public calls for Steve Ballmer’s…

May 30, 2011 5

Waves of Innovation Event

For those who didn’t attend the Waves of Innovation event on Capitol Hill this Tuesday, a YouTube is available for your viewing pleasure. The panel consisted of Rasika Abeysinghe from…

May 20, 2011 0

The Growing Demand for Spectrum

I’ve written a column for CNET on spectrum policy, “Meeting the need for spectrum,” addressing some of the arguments we hear about spectrum demand and supply. Some advocates insist that…

May 15, 2011 20

Reports from NAB and CTIA Address Efficient Use of Spectrum

Recent contributions to the mobile broadband spectrum debate are reports from NAB and CTIA. Before reading them I envisioned writing a “dueling reports” piece, but they mostly complement each other….

May 15, 2011 3

The Voice of the Future

Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype is the tech story of the day. Reactions to the still-unofficial deal are all over the place, ranging from suspicions that MS overpaid, speculations about where…

May 10, 2011 1

The Challenge of HD Video Streaming on LTE

One of AT&T’s non-redacted arguments in support of its acquisition of T-Mobile USA is that data usage on AT&T’s network is projected to “skyrocket by a factor of eight to…

April 24, 2011 3

Forecasting Spectrum Demand

There’s been a lot of talk lately regarding the looming spectrum crisis in America, with the FCC and the mobile operators talking it up, and some bloggers, analysts, and buffs…

April 19, 2011 4

Experimental Radio Applications at the FCC

This summarizes a selection of applications for the Experimental Radio Service received by the FCC during March 2011. These are related to VHF propagation, satellite communications, TV white space, military…

April 15, 2011 0

Smartphone data explosion and spectrum

A recent report on the mobile spectrum crunch (PDF) by Rysavy research and MobileFuture highlighted the urgent need for wireless spectrum to avoid a potentially stagnant mobile broadband market due…

April 11, 2011 6

Signal boosters causing some of AT&T’s dropped calls

AT&T has been getting hammered in the press lately for a new wireless customer survey from ChangeWave on dropped cell phone calls.  But in a company policy blog posting, AT&T…

April 7, 2011 0