FCC Unveils Connect to Compete Plan
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday announced the “Connect to Compete” venture at the Pew Charitable Trust in Washington D.C. Connect to Compete will be overseen by One Economy, a leading non-profit focused on wide scale access to the Internet. According to the website statement “Connect to Compete is a national private and nonprofit sector partnership [...]
GPS Industry Versus LightSquared Technology
LightSquared published an open letter blaming the GPS industry for their company’s difficult attempts in successfully rolling out their nationwide LTE (4G) wireless network. In the letter LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja claims that recent concerns have been raised that the use of LightSquared technology could interfere with current GPS systems, namely systems used by emergency [...]
LightSquared And Broadbands Future
The Virginia based broadband startup LightSquared has experienced highs and lows on their road to revolutionizing the wireless industry. In two rulings, the FCC gave its blessing to Phil Falcone for the purchase of the company LightSquared on March 26, 2010, and for a waiver of FCC rules on Jan. 26, 2011. Since that time some [...]
Spectrum Debate and Government Debt
Congressional leaders have been debating the budget and debt ceiling issues for much longer than any of them care to admit. Those negotiations have been spread over the media air waves and broadcast through the Internet for all to witness, at least as much as congressional leaders care to share. It may come as a [...]
White Spaces and the Future of Broadband
In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) are asking the FCC to prioritize actions on broadband white space while adhering to the scheduled Broadband Action Agenda. The National Broadband Plan consist of a total of 360 recommendations, the broadband white space issue is one of [...]
Court Ruling Claims FCC ‘Exceeded Mandate’
Net Neutrality may have taken a heavy hit on Tuesday when a Federal appeals court overturned an FCC ruling that would have forced Comcast Corp., to give equal treatment to all traffic flowing through their network. The U.S. court of appeals for the D.C. circuit ruled unanimously in favor of Comcast Corp. saying, the “FCC [...]
FCC Chairman Proposes 100 mbps Speeds By 2020
Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Julius Genachowski is proposing a National Broadband Plan that will expand high speed Internet service to most American homes. On Tuesday, while speaking in Washington D.C. at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners conference, Genachowski offered his “100 Squared” initiative which would bring 100 mega-bite-per-second broadband to 100 million U.S. [...]
Net Neutrality Gains Strong Support
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has emerged as one of the leading supporters of net neutrality. During a keynote address at Harvard University, Clyburn gave a voice to her support of Net Neutrality by saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, our country’s broadband express… and yes, it is an express… is leaving the station. And for those who [...]
Plain Old Telephone Service Obsolete?
The FCC issued a notice of inquiry in early December 2009 to determine how to move to an all Internet Protocol system. In response to the FCC notice, AT&T issued a letter to the FCC stating, “Due to technological advances, changes in consumer preference and market forces, the question is when, not if, Plain Old [...]
Stimulus Fund Dispersal Tightrope
A new government report out last week says that the $7.2 billion federal program, created for expanding broadband access to the most under served areas, is lacking the information and safeguards needed to avoid fraud and abuse. As part of February’s federal stimulus package, the U.S. Commerce and Agriculture Departments were given stimulus funds to [...]
