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Broadband Providers and a Smart FCC: Keep Us Connected While We Stay Distant
"Particularly over the last decade, much has been said about “innovation.” Many have commented on how to create an environment to inspire it, to manage it or benefit from it. In fact, so much has been said that unfortunately many people tune it out. This has happened...
Will 5G get 6GHz?
Will 5G Get 6GHz? Last year was a great year for consumers, business and the FCC as much needed licensed spectrum was auctioned or put in the spectrum pipeline, and critical decisions were made by the FCC related to opening up C-band and 5.9 GHz slices of spectrum for...
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...
IEI Joins Coalition Urging the FCC to Avoid Intervening in Affiliation Agreements
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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...
Don’t Kill America’s Innovation Band: Leave CBRS Alone
America is winning the global race for wireless innovation. That victory rests, in no small part, on a quiet but transformative policy decision made during President Trump’s first term. The Citizens Broadband Radio Service, or CBRS, has become what experts...
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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