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Spectrum: The Wheels of the FCC Grind Slowly
Remember back at CES in January when Federal communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a plan to free 195 MHz of spectrum in the 5 gigahertz band for expanded Wi-Fi? I hope you we’re planning on using it anytime soon.
As …
Spectrum: Multiplication Beats Addition
Martin Cooper recalls the days of mobile radio-telephones before cellular service:
You’d have one station in a city and you could conduct in that city 12 phone calls at one time. During the busy hour, the probability of connecting, of getting …
Spectrum: Sharing Nicely Can Go a Long Way
Sharing has been part of U.S. spectrum policy from the beginning. When the government started handing out AM radio licenses in the 1920s and 30s, a relative handful of stations were assigned “clear channels” that they did not share with …
Spectrum: Where It Came From, Where It Goes
In the the beginning, wireless spectrum in the U.S. was free. In 1983, the Federal Communications Commission created the first analog cellular networks by assigning two chunks of airwaves in the 800 MHz band. One chunk was reserved for the …
Spectrum: The Shortage Is a Crisis, but Not Serious
The late economist Herb Stein used to say that “if something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”
A profound economic truth lies behind that seeming flip statement. The world is forever on the verge of running out of vital commodities–oil, …
Why Android Is Winning The Battles But Google Is Losing The War: Part 5
A Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat. The phrase “Pyrrhic Victory” is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered …
Why Android Is Winning The Battles But Google Is Losing The War: Part 4
A Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat. The phrase “Pyrrhic Victory” is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered …
Why Android Is Winning The Battles But Google Is Losing The War: Part 3
A Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat. The phrase “Pyrrhic Victory” is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered …
Why Android Is Winning The Battles But Google Is Losing The War: Part 2
A Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat. The phrase “Pyrrhic Victory” is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered …
Why Android Is Winning The Battles But Google Is Losing The War: Part 1
A Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat. The phrase “Pyrrhic Victory” is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered …