Spectrum Policy in the Age of Broadband

Spectrum Policy in the Age of Broadband

Author: Linda K. Moore

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1437930190

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The convergence of wireless telecomm. technology and Internet protocols is fostering new generations of mobile technologies. This transformation has created new demands for advanced commun. infrastructure and radio frequency spectrum capacity that can support high-speed, content-rich uses. Wireless technologies support public safety commun., sensors, smart grids, med. and public health, intelligent transport. systems, etc. This report considers the possibility of modifying spectrum policy: (1) to support broadband deployment by placing more emphasis on attracting new providers of wireless broadband services; and (2) to accommodate the wireless broadband needs of industries that are considered to be the economic drivers of the future. Illus.


Public Safety Communications and Spectrum Resources

Public Safety Communications and Spectrum Resources

Author: Linda K. Moore

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1437924697

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This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Effective emergency response is dependent on wireless commun. To minimize commun. failures during and after a crisis requires ongoing improvements in emergency commun. capacity and capability. The availability of radio frequency spectrum is considered essential to developing a modern, interoperable commun. network for public safety. Equally critical is building the radio network to use this spectrum. Contents of this report: (1) Issues Before Congress; Commun. Infrastructure; (2) Proposals for Spectrum Assignment: Broadband Plans and the D Block; Narrowband Radio Plans; FCC Policy Objectives; (3) Providing Structure; Funding; Governance; Role of the Fed. Gov¿t.; Managing Technology and Spectrum Resources. Illustrations.


National Broadband Plan

National Broadband Plan

Author: Lennard G. Kruger

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 143793711X

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On March 16, 2010, the FCC released ¿Connecting America: The Nat. Broadband Plan.¿ The National Broadband Plan (NBP) contains 208 specific recommendations directed to the FCC, to the Exec. Branch, to Congress, and to non-fed. and non-governmental entities. Contents of this report: (1) Background; (2) Overview of Plan; (3) Broadband Adoption and Availability and the Fed. Universal Service Fund: The Evolution of the Universal Service Concept; Universal Service and Broadband; 4) Reform of Intercarrier Compensation; (5) Fostering a Market for Set-Top Boxes; (6) Spectrum Policies for Wireless Broadband; (7) National Purposes: Meeting Policy Goals; (8) FCC¿s Authority to Implement the NBP; (9) Towards a Nat. Broadband Policy? Illus.


Digital Crossroads, second edition

Digital Crossroads, second edition

Author: Jonathan E. Nuechterlein

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2013-07-05

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 0262519607

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A thoroughly updated, comprehensive, and accessible guide to U.S. telecommunications law and policy, covering recent developments including mobile broadband issues, spectrum policy, and net neutrality. In Digital Crossroads, two experts on telecommunications policy offer a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the regulation of competition in the U.S. telecommunications industry. The first edition of Digital Crossroads (MIT Press, 2005) became an essential and uniquely readable guide for policymakers, lawyers, scholars, and students in a fast-moving and complex policy field. In this second edition, the authors have revised every section of every chapter to reflect the evolution in industry structure, technology, and regulatory strategy since 2005. The book features entirely new discussions of such topics as the explosive development of the mobile broadband ecosystem; incentive auctions and other recent spectrum policy initiatives; the FCC's net neutrality rules; the National Broadband Plan; the declining relevance of the traditional public switched telephone network; and the policy response to online video services and their potential to transform the way Americans watch television. Like its predecessor, this new edition of Digital Crossroads not only helps nonspecialists climb this field's formidable learning curve, but also makes substantive contributions to ongoing policy debates.


Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age

Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age

Author: William H. Lehr

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-29

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1475735758

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Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age is a collection of essays from some of the world's best-known experts on Internet public policy. It provides an accessible introduction to critical issues that policymakers, businesspeople, and the public will need to confront in coming years: universal access, appropriate content (pornography, free speech, cultural values), Internet broadcasting, intellectual property, Internet taxation, consumer protection, privacy, fair E-business competition, regulation of the Internet infrastructure, and more. This book is intended for the industry practitioner, analysts, and researchers. It would also be suitable for use in graduate and undergraduate courses, as well as by researchers.


Internet Policy and Economics

Internet Policy and Economics

Author: William H. Lehr

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-06-04

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1441900381

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For over a decade, William Lehr, Lorenzo Pupillo, and their colleagues in academia, industry, and policy have been on the electronic frontier, exploring the implications of the technologies that are revolutionizing communication and culture. In 2002, Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age featured essays that focused on such emerging economic and policy-related issues of universal access, appropriate content, spectrum allocation, taxation, consumer protection, and regulation, with respect to the Internet. In this fully revised and updated edition, entitled Internet Policy and Economics: Challenges and Perspectives, the editors and contributors tackle the most current topics and issues, as the Internet continues to permeate all facets of society. New chapters cover dynamics in the developing world, the implications of e-commerce for fiscal policy, and the impact of peer-to-peer networks on music and the arts, as well as debates over intellectual property rights, privacy issues, and cybercrime. Applying insights from economics, political science, law, business, and communications, the book will serve as essential resource for researchers and students, policymakers and regulators, and industry analysts and practitioners.