High-speed data connections, or broadband, are critical to the economy. Our work on broadband covers a wide range of topics, including the digital divide, wireline and wireless provision, spectrum, net neutrality, competition, and more.
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Advanced Spectrum Policy Primer
Sarah Oh Lam
TPI Senior Fellow Sarah Oh Lam just finished recording a series of…
Blog
BEAD’s Bidding for Broadband: Why Williamson’s 1976 Analysis Still Matters
Gregory L. Rosston and Scott Wallsten
This piece is also published as a Policy Brief at the Stanford…
Blog
New BEAD Rules Enable Efficient Spending But Make it Pointless to Try
Gregory L. Rosston and Scott Wallsten
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s National Telecommunications Information Agency (NTIA) is trying to…
Commentaries and Op-Eds
Starlink and DOGE: The $42 Billion Conflict of Interest in Rural Broadband
Scott Wallsten
Commentaries and Op-Eds
DOGE Should Focus On Wasted Federal Spectrum
Thomas M. Lenard and Lawrence White
Blog
Spectrum Policy 2025: Insights from TPI’s Winter Series
TPI
DISCLAIMER: This post synthesizes discussions from TPI’s 2025 spectrum panel series, representing…
Blog
International Spectrum Leadership: Key takeaways
Sarah Oh Lam and Scott Wallsten
The Technology Policy Institute’s sixth webinar of the 2025 Winter Spectrum Series…
Blog
The 2025 Spectrum Agenda: Key Takeaways
Sarah Oh Lam and Scott Wallsten
The Technology Policy Institute’s fifth webinar of the 2025 Winter Spectrum Series…
Research Papers
Lessons from Telecom Regulation for Tech Competition Policy
Jonathan Nuechterlein and Howard Shelanski
This paper examines the parallels between historical telecommunications regulation and current proposals…
Blog
Federal Spectrum Valuation, Management, and Reform: Key Takeaways
Sarah Oh Lam and Scott Wallsten
Federal spectrum utilization is the subject of this panel, including the development…
