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…

December 17, 2012 3

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…

December 3, 2012 4

Ms. Rosenworcel Comes to Washington: Calls on FCC to Fast-Track Spectrum Solutions

I had occasion to hear FCC Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel’s remarks on Tuesday at the Silicon Flatirons conference on spectrum in Washington.  She is the kind of fresh voice whose…

November 16, 2012 1

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…

November 12, 2012 0

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…

November 2, 2012 0

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…

November 2, 2012 0

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…

October 24, 2012 0

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…

October 4, 2012 0

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…

September 5, 2012 0

Obama vs. Romney – The Mobile Game!

Some Friday fun … Are you suffering from stress due to the upcoming election?  Do you want to take your friends who support the other guy by the throat and…

August 24, 2012 0