Spectrum Policy Reform
Broadening Access to the Public Airwaves
As the world goes wireless, access to the airwaves is becoming the oil of the information age -- with existing licenses valued at over $750 billion and steadily rising. Citizen access to the airwaves -- and the emerging technologies of wireless communication -- increasingly cuts across a variety of critical mass media, broadband, civic and intellectual property issues. As wireless broadband networking becomes ubiquitous, control of the medium will put an indelible stamp on the content of America’s media, democracy, culture and economic equity.
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Articles
| Article | Date |
|---|---|
| Broadcast to Broadband | March 1, 2008 |
| Public Needs to Know How Government Runs Its Airwaves | May 10, 2006 |
| Which is More Important for Spectrum Policy: FCC or DOT? | January 8, 2006 |
| Spectrum Reform an Urgent U.S. Priority | February 4, 2004 |
| Intel's Tiny Hope for the Future | December 31, 2003 |
| Up in the Air | September 1, 2003 |
| A Private Windfall for Public Property | August 12, 2003 |
| FCC Lets the Telecom Giants Steal from You | April 7, 2002 |
| Onward, Christian Moguls | January 1, 2002 |
| Hey, Give Back Those Airwaves -- Or Pay Up | October 14, 2001 |
Policy Papers
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Wireless Carterfone | January 2008 |
| The Philadelphia Story | December 2007 |
| Unlicensed White Space Devices and Myth of Interference | December 2007 |
| Petition for Reconsideration to FCC on Digital Radio Band White Space | September 2007 |
| The Feasibility of Unlicensed Broadband Devices to Operate on TV Band 'White Space' Without Causing Harmful Interference | September 2007 |
| The Art of Spectrum Lobbying | August 2007 |
| Open Access for the 700 MHz Auction | July 2007 |
| Spectrum Policy for the Emerging Ultrabroadband World | June 2007 |
| Wholesale Open Access and Anonymous Bidding | June 2007 |
| Spectrum Auction Breakdown | June 2007 |
Events
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Driving Wireless Broadband and Innovation | October 2, 2007 |
| America's $480 Billion Spectrum Giveaway | July 17, 2007 |
| A Broadband Pipe, or a $12B Pipe Dream? | June 1, 2007 |
| From TV to Public Safety | October 26, 2006 |
| Removing Barriers to Wireless Broadband | September 20, 2006 |
| Should Vacant TV Channels Be Opened for Wireless Broadband? | November 15, 2005 |
| Public Safety at Stake | October 18, 2005 |
| DTV 201: How the DTV Transition Can Move The Nation from "Broadcast to Broadband" | September 7, 2005 |
| The Politics of America's DTV Transition: Will the Telecom Act Rewrite Repeat the Fiasco of the 1996 Giveaway? | May 24, 2005 |
| What Comes Next? | November 10, 2004 |
Press
| Headline | Date |
|---|---|
| Michael Calabrese in San Jose Mercury News | Auction Takes 'First Step' to Open-Access Wireless | March 21, 2008 |
| Michael Calabrese in RCR Wireless | State's Role in Consumer Protection Bill Pondered | March 1, 2008 |
| Michael Calabrese in Telecommunications Reports | 'Positives, Negatives in Band Auction' | February 13, 2008 |
| Michael Calabrese in InfoWorld | "$4.7 billion bid in 17th round of the 700MHz auctions" | January 31, 2008 |
| Michael Calabrese in TIME | 'Will Google Go Mobile?' | January 23, 2008 |
| Michael Calabrese in Chicago Tribune on Smart-Radio Technology | December 26, 2007 |
| Michael Calabrese in Los Angeles Times on Wireless Airwave Auction | December 1, 2007 |
| Sascha Meinrath in Dow Jones on the White Spaces Debate | November 7, 2007 |
| Michael Calabrese in Multichannel News on the TV White Space Debate | November 5, 2007 |
| InfoWorld Quotes Sascha Meinrath on M2Z and the White Spaces Debate | September 11, 2007 |
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