Is There Really a Spectrum Crisis?
The policy world is awash with worries about spectrum shortages as demand…
Spectrum and Wireless
Life on the Dark Side of Network Effects: Why I Ditched My Windows Phone
For consumers, 2012 was a great year in wireless. Carriers rolled out…
Comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission on “LightSquared Request to Modify its ATC Authorization”
The FCC should approve LightSquared’s license modification request in order to hasten…
Unintended—But Not Necessarily Bad—Consequences of the 700 MHz Open Access Provisions
Wireless data pricing has been evolving almost as rapidly as new wireless…
Comments to the Federal Communications Commission on the Verizon-SpectrumCo Deal
The purchase of spectrum proposed in the Verizon Wireless-SpectrumCo deal should benefit…
The AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Conundrum: Increase Efficiency AND Create Jobs?
How did the proposed AT&T and T-Mobile merger, which many viewed as…
Use the Market to Allocate Spectrum
TPI President Tom Lenard has a post on The Hill’s Congress Blog…
Use the Market to Allocate Spectrum
Congress is now considering legislation to grant the FCC new authority to hold voluntary incentive auctions for spectrum. This legislation would alleviate shortages of spectrum that are threatening to hold back the development of a wireless broadband platform capable of competing with wireline platforms. It would boost the economy and advance our progress toward a more efficient, market-oriented spectrum regime.
Spectrum Allocation in Japan
I’m working on a case study of broadband in Japan. In the…
Where Does the Cable Industry think It’s Going? Empirical Observations from the 2010 and 2011 Cable Shows: More Programming and Consumer Interface Applications
Many aspects of the 2011 Cable Show were the same as the…