by Kane Mumford
PolicyTracker interviewed Thomas W. Hazlett, former chief economist at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and author of 'The Political Spectrum', on the public good, "revolving door" regulators and Clint Eastwood. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Ofcom also supports truncating the 66-76 GHz band to focus on 66-71 GHz for international 5G study and setting the same technical conditions for the three bands falling within 37-43.5 GHz. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Google and Apple have both been getting more interested in spectrum. Are they doing anything new? Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The auction, which aimed to clear broadcasters out of 144 MHz of spectrum in the 600 MHz band for wireless services, ended up clearing only 84 MHz. Some call that a failure, while others, including an FCC commissioner, say it's a successful enough experiment to encourage more such auctions down… Read more...
by Richard Feasey
Richard Feasey asks whether the virtualisation movement will see networks controlled by IT giants such as Google and Facebook and wonders what effect this will have on vendors and operators. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Spectrum availability is the biggest challenge facing the radio access network (RAN) in connection with 5G, according to around one-third of 800 telecoms industry executives surveyed for a new report. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The internet giant is not bidding for spectrum in the $86 billion 600 MHz auction, but Mike Gravino of the Low Power Television (LPTV) Coalition says that’s because it doesn’t need to. In an interview with PolicyTracker, he discussed "corporate welfare”, the squeezing of LPTV and Google’s spectrum plans. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance has welcomed the unlicensed aspects of the FCC's plan for the 600 MHz band. Read more...
by Martin Sims
Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, says he sees the mobile industry as partners, not competitors. He had encouraging words for the WiMAX fraternity and for spectrum policy geeks he almost solved one of the great mysteries... Read more...
by Website author
Following what it regards as a successful campaign in the US 700MHz auction, Google is stepping up its lobbying for “greater wireless choice and innovation” both in the US and internationally. Read more...