Spectrum – All Options Essential, Including Incentive Auctions
In recent months, various articles have advanced the idea that there is no spectrum crisis. The articles assert that if operators invested more in their networks, that they wouldn’t need…
The Charlatan’s Cartels
OK, this is almost too easy to bother with, but I can’t help myself. Last week a former journalist with a book to sell wrote an Op-Ed for the New…
TDM to IP Transition
See my post on ITIF’s Innovation Files blog in the transition from the telephone network of the past, AKA “TDM” to the IP network of the present and future. Three…
Restoring Networks After Sandy
One of the unfortunate consequences of events like the Northeast “Frankenstorm” is the speed with which they’re exploited for various kinds of gain. When food and water are short, vendors…
Spectrum Auctions and Sharing Take Center Stage at 4G World
Peter Rysavy files a report from 4G World in Chcago for Information Week on two of the major spectrum issues. The first is the FCC’s upcoming spectrum incentive auction: In…
GigaOm Review
Three posts on the GigaOm blog deserve your attention as each one highlights a central issue in network policy. Consider this summary and analysis. Blair Levin, the czar of America’s…
This Mobile Life, Baseball Edition
I’m a big baseball fan, more precisely a big Oakland A’s fan, so being out of town on for the last game of the regular season was a big challenge…
That Pesky Spectrum Crunch
With the election nearing, we’ve entered the busy season for fact-checking. The convention speeches are examined line-by-line, and every claim that’s plainly false, possibly misleading, imprecise, or simply a matter…