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Comment on Wi-Fi? Wi-Not? by Bob Frankston

Bob Frankston — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:48:39 +0000

Correction http://rmf.vc/?n=SpectrumDirt.

Comment on Wi-Fi? Wi-Not? by Bob Frankston

Bob Frankston — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:46:12 +0000

Of course Wi-Fi and other paths should be part of the mix. But we have to be honest – it threatens the 19th century business model that dates back to telegraphy. If we are to realize the potential we need to just fund the as infrastructure – complimentary for all if you wish to state it that way.
More in http://rmf.vc/?=SpectrumDirt, http://rmf.vc/?n=UAC and other writings at http://frankston.com/public.

Comment on Better than Best Efforts by Wi-Fi? Wi-Not? « Communications Insights: Trends and Cool Stuff

Wi-Fi? Wi-Not? « Communications Insights: Trends and Cool Stuff — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:59:47 +0000

[...] networks with Wi-Fi would enable carriers to offer tiered services – a best efforts service and a better than best efforts service – charging different prices for both and increasing profitability. I also suggested it [...]

Comment on It says “handsets” by Japan Communications’ New Business Model « Communications Insights: Trends and Cool Stuff

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:59:27 +0000

[...] While Japan Communications negotiated with DoCoMo to get on its network, it was able to do so because the Japanese Ministry for Communications and Information created which rules opened the networks of three largest wireless operators DoCoMo, KDDI, and SoftBank to wholesale. There was apparently a three-year battle at the Ministry in which Japan Communications was at the center. Japan’s policy to require wholesale access to wireless networks goes further than the US FCC’s rules for its 700 MHz auction which mandated these open these networks to foreign devices and handsets. [...]

Comment on Next Generation Spectrum Regulation by kennethrcarter

kennethrcarter — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:19:37 +0000

Mike Marcus on Spectrum Talk did a nice write up: http://spectrumtalk.blogspot.com/2009/12/fcc-alums-in-germany-write-about-novel.html.

So did Stefano Quintarelli: http://blog.quintarelli.it/blog/2009/12/next-generation-spectrum-regulation-una-nuova-proposta-da-ken-carter.html.

Comment on International Perspective – Allocating Blue and Amber Light Spectrum by Next Generation Spectrum Regulation « Communications Insights: Trends and Cool Stuff

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:32:53 +0000

[...] Winston Churchill famously said, “democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” Perhaps the same can be said of spectrum auctions. Auction mechanisms have been used starting in New Zealand in 1994 to award spectrum licenses to those who have the highest monetary value. Spectrum auctions have generally been highly effective, with the occasional failure. [...]

Comment on Next Generation Spectrum Regulation by Robert Horvitz

Robert Horvitz — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:46:13 +0000

This is very exciting, Ken. You may recall that I called for exactly this sort of research in my paper for the ITU’s workshop on Market Mechanisms for Spectrum Management (January 2007):

“…there is a body of econometric research, dealing mainly with government procurement and the extraction of natural resources, which looks at auction design, bid evaluation and bidding strategies in situations where the bids are multidimensional, combining variables like price and quality. The quality component itself is normally multidimensional and represented on a scorecard created by the buyer. This work may be relevant to Kontson and O’Hehir’s proposal – and to other rights continua – as it suggests ways to integrate performance and pricing…” (Beyond Licenced VS. Unlicenced: Spectrum Access Rights Continua – http://ssrn.com/abstract=1259792)

Comment on Highest use of spectrum by Next Generation Spectrum Regulation « Communications Insights: Trends and Cool Stuff

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:03:46 +0000

[...] been used starting in New Zealand in 1994 to award spectrum licenses to those who have the highest monetary value. Spectrum auctions have generally been highly effective, with the occasional [...]

Comment on Neutralità della rete e aspetti socio-economici by kennethrcarter

kennethrcarter — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:14:19 +0000

Marcello Barnaba reported on the event in his blog sindro.me, http://sindro.me/2009/5/16/the-conceptual-foundations-and-the-economics-network-neutrality-rome

Comment on Irish International Advisory Forum on Broadband by Japan Communications’ New Business Model « Communications Insights: Trends and Cool Stuff

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:16:26 +0000

[...] with Japan Communications‘ CEO Frank Sanda. I know Frank from my work on the Eamon Ryan’s Advisory Forum on Broadband. I wanted to see Frank and his team because they just launched a new product for [...]