Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards urged the Federal Communications Commission to fashion 700 MHz rules to further the reach of the Internet using an open-access approach advocated by Frontline Wireless L.L.C., consumer groups and Internet giants. "By setting bid and service rules that...
Alltel Corp. made clear its interest in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction in filings with the Federal Communications Commission, and requested that the commission avoid plans to set aside a chunk of the spectrum for a national private/public-safety network and make sure that...
With public safety and Frontline Wireless L.L.C. unable to bridge differences over the critical element of control of a national first-responder/commercial broadband network, and controversy overall tending to cloud rather crystallize issues as regulators fight the clock to write rules for the 700 MHz...
Frontline Wireless L.L.C. rejected Cyren Call Communications Corp.'s view that first responders should join forces with a top cellphone carrier if federal regulators approve new 700 MHz rules for a national public-safety broadband network that the private sector would build and share with police,...
Frontline Wireless L.L.C. rejected Cyren Call Communications Corp.'s view that first responders should join forces with a top mobile phone carrier if federal regulators approve new 700 MHz rules for a national public-safety broadband network that the private sector would build and share with...
Cyren Call Communications Corp., unable to convince policymakers to divert half of the auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum for a national public safety/commercial wireless broadband system, is exploring various options that could still make it a player long after bidding ends. The strategy pivot could...
The Federal Communications Commission, facing congressionally-mandated deadlines and time pressures to complete 700 MHz rules to give wireless license bidders sufficient time to prepare for the upcoming spectrum auction, suddenly finds itself bogged down trying to balance competition, public safety, broadband and other public...
Nearly drowned out in broad policy debates over controversial public-safety and broadband wireless proposals are pressing questions about how the Federal Communications Commission will craft the 700 MHz band plan. A coalition of 21 small- and medium-sized wireless and wireline carriers and state regulatory...
The notion that government intervention should be an act of last resort when markets fail has gained popularity among economists and policy-makers in recent decades. It was Milton Friedman's credo. There is less certainty about what to do about government failure. The laissez-faire legacy...
The Federal Communications Commission is set to launch a fast-track rulemaking on Frontline Wireless L.L.C.'s public-safety broadband plan and other issues not resolved in next week's scheduled decision on commercial 700 MHz rules.An apparent casualty of the latest developments is the 700 MHz broadband...
Frontline Wireless L.L.C. said it picked up big-name, high-tech backing for its market-driven plan to buy spectrum for a national, public-safety broadband network that would be shared with commercial wireless carriers.The company inked new partnerships with former Netscape executive James Barksdale, software radio technology...
Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell cast doubt on Frontline Wireless L.L.C.'s public-safety broadband plan, which picked up backing from consumer, utility and public-interest groups last week, with the GOP regulator echoing a cellular industry criticism that the proposal comes too late, and full...
A coalition of consumer and public interest groups said the Federal Communications Communication should craft the 700 MHz auction to foster wireless broadband alternatives based on net neutrality principles. Not surprisingly, this approach is opposed by leading wireless, wireline and cable TV service providers.Coalition...
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations, said he soon plans to re-introduce legislation making permanent the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's public-safety interoperability grant program. NTIA, a unit of the Commerce Department, recently contracted with the...
A TRIO OF WIRELESS VETERANS UNVEILED A NEW PLAN for a national public-safety broadband network that would use auctioned 700 MHz spectrum to supplement first-responder frequencies in the same band.Frontline Wireless L.L.C. filed its proposal with the Federal Communications Commission last week. Haynes Griffin,...
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced a public-safety broadband bill that veers from the approach advocated by Cyren Call Communications Corp., first-responder groups and even the maverick lawmaker himself. The "Spectrum Availability for Emergency-Response and Law-Enforcement to Improve Vital Emergency Services Act" calls for the...
A trio of wireless veterans unveiled a new plan for a national public-safety broadband network that would use auctioned 700 MHz spectrum to supplement first-responder frequencies in the same band.Frontline Wireless L.L.C. will file its proposal with the Federal Communications Commission later today. The...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration's new encryption policy could force wireless firms over time to use scrambling products that are potentially more expensive and less secure, shortcomings that don't sit well with key lawmakers and privacy advocates.The president, acting on recommendations from an inter-agency task force...
