Naveen Lakshmipathy

The Philadelphia Story

adminn — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:12:00 -0500

Joshua Breitbart authored this report. Naveen Lakshmipathy compiled the appendixes, while Sascha Meinrath served as editor.

The Philadelphia story told here is an analysis of one city's efforts to build a municipal wireless network. This report examines how Philadelphia's municipal wireless initiative helped shape the national debate regarding the need for public broadband infrastructure and the impact the project's successes and failures had on the local community. The Philadelphia story holds numerous lessons for decision-makers and regulators and is a powerful tool for understanding the interactions between network implementers and the constituencies these networks are supposed to serve.… more

Beyond Censorship

Wireless Future — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:47:00 -0400

As the FCC dramatically increases fines for indecency over broadcast TV -- and as Congress and the President raise the fine limits by a factor of ten and threaten to extend decency standards to cable and satellite networks -- the debate over how best to protect children from inappropriate media has reached a fever pitch. The problem is real: a plethora of studies show that repeated exposure to violence, inappropriate sexual content and even repeated advertising for junk food can have a negative, long-term impact on children. And while television is today's primary battleground, it won't be long before most… more

Naveen Lakshmipathy

Operations — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:51:00 -0400

Former Senior Program Associate, Wireless Future Program

As Senior Program Associate of the Wireless Future Program, Naveen Lakshmipathy contributed broadly to the program’s efforts to broaden public access to the airwaves through research, writing, and outreach. He also managed the program’s web content and print publications.

Mr. Lakshmipathy holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Economy from University of California, Berkeley. He left New America in the summer of 2007 for an Indicorps service fellowship.

Wireless Public Safety Data Networks Operating on Unlicensed Airwaves

Wireless Future — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:00:00 -0400

From the fire fighters who died on 9/11 to the rescue workers struggling to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, recent crises have demonstrated that the absence of reliable and interoperable voice and data communications among public safety agencies is an urgent national dilemma. While the need for voice interoperability among first responders is a fundamental and longstanding public safety issue that must be resolved, many communities across the nation have already begun to supplement their voice communication networks with wireless broadband data networks operating over unlicensed spectrum—most notably the 2.4 GHz “Wi-Fi” band.

These cutting-edge mobile high-speed data networks… more

Community Wireless: Overview of Current Policy Debates

Wireless Future — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:56:00 -0400

updated January 10, 2007

Low-cost, high-speed, community-based wireless broadband networks are cropping up across the country -- revolutionizing public communications, spurring economic development, and bridging the digital divide. They blanket entire towns, cities and counties in rural and urban areas and serve as mobile communications systems for public safety agencies in communities nationwide. While the vast majority of these broadband providers are small commercial Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs), a growing number are sponsored by local governments and nonprofit community groups.

There are several issues pending at the FCC and in Congress that hold great implications for the success or failure of… more

Speeding the DTV Transition

Wireless Future — Wed, 25 May 2005 09:00:00 -0400

For the complete document, please see the attached PDF version below.