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Inside the 700 MHz spectrum land grab

Drew Clark, Friday, April 6, 2007 at 3:30 PM PT Comments (11)

Like a fresh spring breeze, new radio-frequency spectrum is in the air. It is so close that you can almost smell it – and seek to keep others away from it.
The next big spectrum land grab is over 700 Megahertz (MHz.) It’s the promised land of “beachfront property” that broadcasters are set to vacate on [...]

Patent Overhaul now on D.C. Agenda

Drew Clark, Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 3:00 AM PT Comments (5)

When Democrats took control of Congress last election, the lobbyists for all the big technology and telecom companies in Washington pulled out their wish lists, ripped them up, and re-arranged their legislative priorities.
Gone was the push for sweeping telecommunications legislation, hemispheric-wide free-trade agreements and limitations on Internet taxes. Only a Republican Congress and White House [...]

Web 2.0 gives birth to Politics 2.0

Drew Clark, Monday, March 19, 2007 at 2:00 PM PT Comments (26)

When it comes to adapting information technology, Washington is always about two years behind the rest of the country. So it makes sense that, finally, Web 2.0 is catching hold and gathering momentum here, in early 2007.
Washington’s political operative and consulting class has been energized by the early start to the 2008 election. And no [...]

Is Google Changing Its Position on Net Neutrality?

Drew Clark, Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at 4:00 PM PT Comments (28)

Is Google, the foremost corporate advocate of net neutrality, doing a big fake? Have they succeeded in making everyone believe they will stand up to the Bell companies, even as the company cuts deals to become the preferred provider on a carrier’s network? It sure sounds like it, listening to some recent public comments [...]

Why RIAA is Silent on XM-Sirius

Drew Clark, Monday, March 5, 2007 at 10:00 AM PT Comments (9)

The enemy of my enemy is my friend — sometimes.
When XM and Sirius Satellite Radio announced their proposed merger two weeks ago, the first to oppose the union was the National Association of Broadcasters. If satellite radio didn’t compete with terrestrial radio, this merger would be a lot more troubling – and a lot less [...]

FTC Wants in on Net Neutrality Fight

Drew Clark, Monday, February 26, 2007 at 11:07 AM PT Comments (5)

Bell and cable companies have long wanted to move on from net neutrality, their 2006 policy debacle. But once Washington has grabbed hold of an issue, it can’t seem to let it go.
I’m not talking about the Federal Communication Commission here. The big Bell companies currently hold sway at the communications agency. No one expects [...]

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