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At their May board meeting, the FCC is set to allocate frequencies in the 2360 to 2400 MHz spectrum for short-range, low power medical use. This application is called Medical Body Area Network or MBAN, and will allow doctors to … Continue reading →

Last summer, I wrote about the mind-numbingly tedious battle between Comcast and Bloomberg over whether Bloomberg’s news channel was being exiled to television Siberia in most of the important Designated Market Areas or DMAs. Bloomberg filed a pretty well-documented complaint … Continue reading →

I haven’t visited the FCC’s website in recent months. At least since the FCC’s Heimlich maneuver that forced AT&T to cough-up T-Mobile. While some in Congress think otherwise, there’s more to the FCC than its evil plans on our communications … Continue reading →

So much to choose from! I’ve gotten through the first half of the FCC’s analysis of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger. To my utter lack of surprise, all the things you or I might have intuited about this deal have been found … Continue reading →

An underpinning of the National Broadband Plan is Universal Service Fund reform and greater broadband adoption. The Plan calls for the creation of a Connect America Fund to distribute USF monies to ISPs that cover underserved and low income areas. … Continue reading →

The US Senate is expected to vote on Joint Resolution 6 this week. You mean you’ve forgotten about this? SJ 6 is a one sentence piece of legislation that succinctly expresses Senators’ (read Republicans’) desire to stomp on the FCC’s … Continue reading →

I had great unobstructed front rows seats for last night’s Hacks/Hackers Meetup NYC. Exiled to the long waiting list, I instead watched a livestream of the interactive map making presentations with my MacBook propped on the coffee table in my … Continue reading →

With a little time on my hands yesterday afternoon, I was scanning my Google Reader when I came across a startling headline. According to a Reuters story, the cable industry is doing an about face on its long standing opposition … Continue reading →

With everyone on vacation or preparing for vacation, the FCC released letters from our Congressional representatives regarding their feelings on the AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile. None of the opinions express should come as a surprise to anyone following this debate. … Continue reading →

The  200+ page response  to Bloomberg TV’s complaint that it had been exiled in Comcast’s lineup from the major players news neighborhoods —Fox, CNN, CNBC, etc.— has been submitted to the FCC. The lawyers must have had loads of fun … Continue reading →