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 [...]

As Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski spoke a panel at the Edtech conference two themes echoed loud and clear. He mention broadband is no longer a luxury and the two areas we need to focus on are digital literacy and Rural broadband access. There is no question that today being digitally literate is essential to participate in our economy, and there is no question that these technologies provide the opportunities to equalize opportunity,” he [...]

Today the FCC Chairman unveiled the technology experience center today in DC. On their website they speak to why this is important. “This Wednesday, July 13th, Chairman Julius Genachowski will host the grand opening of the FCC’s Technology Experience Center at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. This unique center is an innovative resource for all FCC employees and visitors to engage directly with the latest technologies, which the agency accepts as donations.  Each month, [...]

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 [...]

As a long time digital entrepreneur and current CTO of InteractiveOne, I could tell you exactly how access to technology and mobile broadband has affected my life. Throughout my career, having access to technology has molded my personal and professional life by giving access to opportunities that were not available to many others like me. And more recently, having a reliable and fast broadband network has added to not only my story, but to that [...]

As we all know, President Obama set the stage for change in his SOTU address where he made the bold claim that the country will have access to broadband for everyone. I’m sure that when people heard the speech that night, it was assumed that the execution on that vision would not start for some time. Well, on February 8th the FCC took a step and voted to overhaul the Universal Service Fund so that those funds can [...]

If you have read any of the technology or political news over the last weeks you most likely have seen that The FCC commissioner is  going to present his long awaited Net Neutrality proposal to the his commission and to the world this month. Organizations such as free press are already saying it’s not extreme enough ( Even though I’m not sure how they can say that when it’s not even out yet) and making [...]

I had several initial reactions to your piece but I knew that others would have knee-jerk, emotional reactions as people often do, and that type of reaction normally fuels these policy debates, but we never really get to real facts. Your article really only brings two feelings for me, and those are confusion and concern. First, I’m confused about what your goals are here. I’ve watched you write articles, give speeches and have even sat [...]

This post originally appeared on the huffingtonpost. You can see that post here After months of heated debate, intense partisan jockeying, goo-gobs of rhetoric being spun left and right and an exhaustive litany of hearings, comments and ex parte filings, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski finally announced that the Commission will, in fact, be voting on net neutrality rules during its December 21 meeting. While the official Order has yet to be released, it seems that [...]