Friday, September 26, 2008 2:56 PM/EST
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin may have tipped his hand earlier this week on white spaces: "I do think we need to try to more efficiently use the broadcast spectrum and we need to do so trying to find...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:29 PM/EST
WASHINGTON -- Larry Page doesn't get it and he admits it. Fresh off introducing the T-Mobile G1 smart phone in New York Sept. 23, the Google co-founder traveled to Capitol Hill Sept. 24 to lobby for tech's use of white...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:37 PM/EST
The tech coalition pushing the use of empty spectrum (white spaces) between digital television channels to deliver unlicensed broadband is preparing its latest spin dose in the war of words with broadcasters, cable networks, telephone companies and professional sports leagues,...
Friday, June 06, 2008 3:12 PM/EST
The cellular industry has reacted with great indignity over just the notion of the government selling off some spectrum to be dedicated for free wireless broadband service. The industry's mouthpiece - the CTIA - insists that if the FCC is...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 5:53 PM/EST
It's always interesting to see what lawsuits and proposed legislation can do in nudging the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) into action. The latest example is FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's idea for yet another spectrum auction. This one would have an...
Thursday, May 22, 2008 4:45 PM/EST
WASHINGTON--It's almost as if Larry Page had an enemies list entered into the BlackBerry he frequently checked during his May 22 We Love Google session with the New America Foundation. Bad guys: Microsoft and the National Association of Broadcasters. Good...