MuniWireless

Harold Feld has written an excellent analysis on what the FCC’s decision on the non-exclusive use of the 3605-3700 MHz band means for municipalities, and wireless ISPs, equipment vendors. Earlier today, Jim Geier reported that the FCC upheld a 2005 decision on non-exclusive licensing of that band for wireless services. Harold Feld has written an excellent analysis on what the FCC’s decision on the non-exclusive use of the 3605-3700 MHz band means for municipalities, and wireless ISPs, equipment vendors. Earlier…

I thought these anti-muni broadband bills were a thing of the past, like platform shoes. Unfortunately they are back, like platform shoes. The latest one is from North Carolina, a state that has a vibrant tech industry. Those Who Hog The Pipes, the owners of communications infrastructure who want no competition, are behind this one and it’s time to drive a stake into the heart of this odious piece of legislation. The version of HB 1587 that passed the North…

ARCEP, the French telecoms regulator, is launching two public consultations to determine whether the risk of monopolization of fiber networks exists under the current regime, whereby fiber infrastructure is laid out by different entities without mutual sharing of access. ARCEP, the French telecoms regulator, is launching two public consultations before the summer to determine whether the risk of monopolization of fiber networks exists under the current regime, whereby fiber infrastructure is laid out by different entities without mutual sharing of…

North Carolina is faced with a bill that, if passed, will make it nearly impossible for public entities to create broadband networks. The state urgently needs your help in keeping this bill from being passed. The proposed North Carolina bill, HB 1587, would impose burdensome, time-consuming, costly, and discriminatory referendum and substantive requirements that would make it virtually impossible for public entities to develop broadband networks. Click here for previous Muniwireless post.

For example, at a time when America is rapidly…

On the second day of the EU’s “Bridging the Broadband Gap”, Nellie Kroes (European Commissioner for competition policy) explained the rules governing state aid to broadband projects. EU regulations prohibit member states from using public funds to compete unfairly with private enterprise. But what constitutes “unfair” competition? Here are my notes from Nellie Kroes’s keynote. Here are my notes from the keynote of EU Commissioner Nellie Kroes at the Bridging the Broadband Gap conference (May 15, 2007 in Brussels). She…

Viviane Reding, EU commissioner for telecommunications, opened the EU conference “Bridging the Broadband Gap” in Brussels on 14 May 2007 by emphasizing that, if necessary (i.e. where current services are inadequate), local governments should step in to deploy broadband infrastructure. I am here at the EU conference “Bridging the Broadband Gap” (May 14-15, 2007 in Brussels) blogging the conference. The opening keynote speaker is Viviane Reding, EU commissioner for telecommuniations, who is known for favoring structural separation of infrastructure and…