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Wireless & Spectrum

Cutting the “Broadband Funding Gap” Down to Size

by Jerry Ellig on March 17, 2010 • View Comments

The FCC has the ability to solve the $24 billion “broadband funding gap” all by itself, without a dime of new money from taxpayers, broadband subscribers, or telephone subscribers.

FCC Releases Executive Summary of Broadband Plan

by Jerry Ellig on March 15, 2010 • View Comments

Here are a few things to look out for when the FCC releases its National Broadband Plan tomorrow.

Thomas Hazlett on telecommunications policy and economics

by Jerry Brito on March 15, 2010 • View Comments

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Thomas Hazlett, Professor of Law & Economics and Director of the Information Economy Project at George Mason University School of Law, discusses telecommunications policy and economics. The discussion also turns to the history of spectrum regulation, ongoing inefficiencies in the current system, and suggestions for possible improvements.

Broadband Availability: The Dog that Didn’t Bark

by Jerry Ellig on March 3, 2010 • View Comments

Only 4 percent of Americans say they don’t have broadband because it isn’t available where they live. But this figure didn’t make the headlines.

Glen Robinson on FCC Regulatory Paradigms Feb. 18

by Jerry Brito on February 16, 2010 • View Comments

Drawing on his distinguished career as a scholar and policy maker, Prof. Robinson will present three stories to illustrate salient features of FCC regulation at this free event.

Fun Facts from the FCC’s 2011 Budget Request

by Jerry Ellig on February 3, 2010 • View Comments

Here are some fascinating factiods contained in the FCC’s fiscal 2011 budget request released this week.

Regulatory Whack-A-Mole, Part II

by Jerry Ellig on January 21, 2010 • View Comments

Recent contorversies over early termination fees for wireless devices show that policymakers still don’t understand the limits of what they can accomplish.

Publicly traded but closely held

by Jerry Brito on January 18, 2010 • View Comments

Google’s recent China move is not about protecting its business interests, in fact quite the opposite. It possible because the founders have majority control of the company.

Thin Tablets, 3DTV, and Bureaucrats

by Gabriel Okolski on January 12, 2010 • View Comments

Government’s participation at the Consumer Electronics Show brought to light industry concerns over state involvement in the tech sector, and policymakers would be wise to pay attention.