When you hear talk about the FCC creating plans to create equal levels of internet access for all, most of those plans don’t really take in to account how to bridge the divide in urban and rural areas for minorities. The government does not have the money to do it on their own. They also seem to take a general swipe approach to how to solve the broadband problem without taking into account that problem [...]

I’ve been saying for some time now that there are critical items that the FCC is ignoring in their competition analysis of the ATT/T-Mobile merger. I recently came across an Article on Forbes.com that gives a great summary of some of those flows. You can read the article here and I’ve listed the flaws below: Totally ignored the Internet’s impact on wireless competition. Totally ignored international competitive comparisons that repudiate its conclusion. Assumed away all [...]

The latest Pew report was published about Cell phone usage and it continues to show what increasingly more and more people are starting to realize, that wireless is the key driver to closing the digital divide. You can find the report here but all the data points to how mobile broadband is continuing to provide access to minorities to services that they otherwise would not be connected to. IF you look at the chart of [...]

House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith made pitch urging federal regulators to see the benefits of the AT&T/T-mobile merger. He joins a growing list of supporters touting the benefits of the merger to groups that are directly involved in making the decision.   He also make statements question how the opponents looked at the deal  and did not see the benefits. Smith cited specific reasons as to why the opponents should see this merger as beneficial: “Smith, [...]

The Louisiana Publci Service Commission voted to approve the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA. Louisiana is the second state to approve the deal joining the Arizona Corporation Commission. While there 3 other reviews still pending these approvals show that states are seeing the benefits to the merger once they look at the facts. The commission in Louisiana could have rejected the filing if they felt that the merger was not in the public [...]

We all know we take for granted the access we have to Internet. We complain if we can’t find a wifi hotspot, when we walk into an area with a low wireless, and always complain about the prices we pay for these services. Well imagine if all those complaints went away because you didn’t have access to the most basic of wireless services. Those complaints would seem small in comparison. Well that is plight of [...]

It’s human nature to take things for granted. No matter how new or extraordinary something is it will only be a matter a time until we complain about it. In the case of technology that is more the case than ever. As we consume it a a rapid pace our appetite for give me more for less is greater than ever. I see this a great deal in the case of the ATT/T0mobile merger. People [...]

With the recent release of its Wireless Competition Report, the Federal Communications Commission has proven what many technologists, entrepreneurs and tech insiders already know: with each passing year wireless technologies get better, faster and more affordable. There are a couple standouts in the FCC’s 15 Annual Wireless Competition Report, notably: In 2010, nearly 90% of the population could chose from 5 or more mobile providers; that’s up from just 72% in 2009; Voice, text and [...]

This past week the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) and the United States Black Chamber (USBCI) joined forces with a host of other organizations in support of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. In their June 20th letter to the Federal Communications Commission the groups said, “We urge the FCC to support the AT&T- T-Mobile merger given that the potential benefits of enhanced coverage and access to next generation wireless broadband service will create new opportunities to [...]

As part of the ongoing review of the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger, the National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) filed comments this week before the Federal Communications Commission in support of the $39 billion deal. “The black church wants to ensure that we are heard on this most important merger,” said NBCI President Rev. Anthony Evans. “After doing our due diligence,” he went on to say, “analyzing and researching over 4,000 pieces of literature, some of which is [...]