Mobile
Skype to Charge for Mobile VoIP
WASHINGTON June 2, 2010 – Starting in 2011, Skype will begin charging users to make mobile Skype-to-Skype calls.
Apple
Mobile
AT&T to Tier Mobile Broadband Offerings
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2010 – AT&T today announced a major change to its mobile broadband plans. It has shifted from its current unlimited plan to a two-tiered meter based plan. The new tiers will be 200 megabits and 2 gigabytes.
Copyright
Clinton-Era Digital Copyright Law Needs Overhaul, Argues Rights Group
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13, 2010 — A 12-year-record of abuses and misuses of a law designed to prevent digital piracy shows definitively that it isn’t working as intended, said a digital rights group in a new report released Thursday. [https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DMCA.jpg]h
Copyright
Report: Google To Launch eBook Service This Summer
Google plans on launching its open eBook service Google Editions by June or July, according to a Tuesday report [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575224232417931818.html?mod=crnews] in the Wall Street Journal. [https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Books_Ke
Expert Opinion
How can Residential Gateways spur Competition?
In a proposed Network Gateway-NOI and CableCARD NPRM, the commission is seeking input on how to best rework the CableCARD rules to make Set-Top-Boxes more universal in nature and easier for consumers to connect and network throughout the home to any video provider offerings. The question remains; is
Expert Opinion
Industry Demand Calls for Speedy Approval of FCC’s Wireless Spectrum Recommendations
Image by wiredbike via Flickr There is increasing demand from the Wireless Sector that opening new spectrum, as championed by the FCC, would speed application roll-outs for broadband in the immediate future. Mobile providers are clamoring to offer increasingly sophisticated applications to connect users with everything on a Mobile Internet.
Expert Opinion
Broadband Competition and Pricing: Lessons Providers must Learn
I believe everyone can agree that Broadband Competition and Pricing are high on their lists of (all things broadband). Yes, consumers and businesses alike want a high quality broadband experience with dynamically fast upload and download speeds, and with seamless and unbridled applications to fill t
Broadband Mapping and Data
FCC Launches Consumer Tool to Test Broadband Connections
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2010 – The FCC launched its consumer broadband test [http://www.broadband.gov/] today, enabling consumers to test the speed and other performance measurements of their broadband connections.
Broadband Mapping and Data
FCC Chief Previews Spectrum Recommendations
Washington, February 26, 2010 – The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission this week previewed his agency’s spectrum recommendations in the FCC’s upcoming national broadband plan to be presented to Congress next month. In Julius Genachowski’s statement titled “America’s 2020 Vision for Mo
Expert Opinion
Set-Top-Box Quandary: Let Market Forces Rule
The FCC has just issued a Public Notice: Comment Sought On Video Device Innovation NBP Public Notice # 27, to spur innovation within the set-top-box market currently being served by individual Cable & Telecom companies as monthly rentals to consumers. First, these providers have invested in their ow
Wireless
Wireless Industry Complaints Closely Related to Competition, Say Panelists
WASHINGTON, December 14, 2009 – What’s the greatest source of dissatisfaction in the mobile wireless industry? Ironically, according to industry experts and government representatives attending a conference on customer complaints, it is competition itself. The size and pervasiveness of the mobile d
Verizon
Verizon Wireless Launches New Anti-AT&T Ad, Suits Dropped
Verizon Wireless started running a new advertisement this week in the “There’s a Map for That” campaign that has caused competitor AT&T much angst. The ad [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xup4tGGstgM] features Santa Clause’ reindeer prepping for the big night with the one using AT&T’s third generatio
Broadband's Impact
At Supernova, A Belief That New Networks Foster Invention and Innovation
SAN FRANCISCO, December 1, 2009 – Digital Age Paul Reveres have been warning the world lately about the impending internet lock-down that they fear will result from the growth in popularity of permission-based development environments such as Apple’s iPhone. Unlike the World Wide Web where everybod
Expert Opinion
Broadband Adoption: A solution to Barriers Noted by the FCC!
The FCC released five significant barriers associated with the adoption of Broadband within the U.S. which is part of the National Broadband Plan scheduled for a Feb 17, 2010 submittal to Congress. The perceived barriers were broad ranging and simplistic in their association to various deterrents to
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy Official Calls for Patent Reform at Wireless Event
WASHINGTON, November 2, 2009 – A top technology advisor to President Obama said Monday that the administration was committed to reforming and streamlining the patent system as a way to foster innovation. Speaking at an event on wireless innovation, White House Office of Science and Technology Deputy
FCC
Net Neutrality Advocates Exult Over FCC's 'Arm-Twisting' of AT&T
Net neutrality fans on Wednesay praised the decision by AT&T to reverse course and allow customers to use broadband voice services on the service plans they have that use the Apple iPhone. The decision followed a Federal Communications Commission investigation into the practices of wireless broadban
