Fixed LTE for Rural Broadband Emerges

For several years it’s been apparent that the ever-increasing performance of 4G/LTE wireless networks would make them a practical option for rural broadband. The specifications for LTE span the range…

February 11, 2016 6

Spectrum, Spectrum, Spectrum

These days, it’s hard to think of any major consumer product that doesn’t offer wireless Internet connectivity.  Thermostats, appliances, cars, baby monitors – all of these and more depend on…

January 26, 2016 0

SOTU Technology Messages

The president’s final SOTU included some interesting remarks about technology. Some were encouraging and aspirational, the thing he does best. These included touts for programs to teach young people to…

January 14, 2016 0

The Year of Virtual Reality

If consensus were a reliable predictor of the future, it would be wise to bet all your money on that Virtual Reality will be the killer app of 2016. Most…

January 5, 2016 0

2015 Download

2015 was a very active year for High Tech Forum because so much went down in Internet and mobile policy, with major developments in all the key policy areas and…

December 31, 2015 0

CTIA CTO Tom Sawanobori

[powerpress] CTIA Chief Technology Office Tom Sawanobori sat down with High Tech Forum founder Richard Bennett to discuss the state-of-play in the wireless industry. Click play to learn more about:…

October 6, 2015 0

Dino Flore, Chairman of the 3GPP RAN Group

[powerpress] You can take your smartphone anywhere in the world, pop in a new SIM card, and it will just work. That’s not just some happy accident; that’s the result…

August 11, 2015 0

Senate Commerce Committee Spectrum Hearing

The Senate Commerce Committee’s Wednesday hearing on spectrum policy highlighted key issues and brought out some workable solutions to the spectrum crunch. In order to advance from 4G to 5G…

July 30, 2015 0

Can LTE Unlicensed Steamroll Wi-Fi?

A recent article in Washington Post seems to be confusing people. In “The future of mobile data pits cellphone carriers against cable giants,” Brian Fung claims, among other things, that…

July 7, 2015 0

The Internet Goes Mobile

One of policy wonkdom’s annual milestones is the publication of Mary Meeker’s slide deck on Internet trends (2015 Internet Trends.) Meeker’s slide deck is a massive overview of national and…

June 11, 2015 0