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FDR weaponized the airwaves. Now Trump’s FCC is doing it again
History does not repeat itself, but it occasionally rhymes. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s latest broadcast market interventions rhyme much more closely with Franklin Roosevelt’s view of government than with Ronald Reagan’s. This should...
The Market Is Already Solving Dead Zones; BEAD Shouldn’t Fund Them
The recent announcement that AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon will jointly advance satellite direct-to-device (D2D) technology should settle an ongoing debate over the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Whether taxpayer dollars should...
Winning the AI Race Runs Through Wi-Fi
Washington is consumed with artificial intelligence, and understandably so. The United States is locked in a technology race with China that will shape our economic and national security for a generation. So far, the AI race has largely focused on the mad dash in the...
The FCC Drew Some Clear Lines on Pole Costs. Now Let’s Unleash Broadband for Rural America.
Back in April, I made an argument in The Washington Times that is so obvious it shouldn't need making, much less made again: you shouldn't have to pay to fix someone else's mess. The Federal Communications Commission had affirmed that...
Our Networks Are Under Attack. Washington Needs to Treat It That Way
When Americans argue about infrastructure, the debate is usually how much to spend, who should pay, what ought to be built. The debates largely ignore how to protect infrastructure once it exists. That missed opportunity has a cost, and...
Shared Spectrum Is America’s Future—CBRS Shows Why
The debate over America's wireless spectrum is, at its core, a debate about the future of innovation. How we manage this finite resource will determine whether the United States maintains its technological leadership, or cedes it to competitors watching our every...
Stop making broadband builders bankroll someone else’s problem
Here is a principle so basic, so universal that it just might be bipartisan: You shouldn’t have to pay to fix someone else’s mess. That commonsense idea sits at the heart of a recent Federal Communications Commission ruling that every policymaker, utility...
IEA Joins Coalition: Discriminatory Trade Practices in Asia Should Be A Priority In Forthcoming Section 301 Investigations
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Competition and Choice in the Wireless Market
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division reignited spectrum policy debates with its statement approving T-Mobile’s purchase of UScellular’s wireless operations. The real headline wasn’t the approval itself, even despite the unrelated...
CBRS is a spectrum innovation worth defending
Citizens Broadband Radio Service, or CBRS for short, sounds like another buzzy acronym from Washington, but don’t be fooled. The CBRS is one of the most successful free market, principled telecom policies of which you’ve never heard. It’s a prime...