10 posts and columns on open access

Voices

Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

in News on August 19, 2009 at 12:04 pm PT

Earlier this month, Apple rejected an application for the iPhone called Google Voice. The uproar set off a chain of events—Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt resigning from Apple’s board, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigating wireless open access and handset exclusivity—that may finally end the 135-year-old Alexander Graham Bell era. It’s about time.

Net Neutrality and Open Access at D6: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin & Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam

in D6 on May 29, 2008 at 12:38 pm PT

Well, this should be interesting. Because of scheduling issues, Kevin Martin and Lowell McAdam will be interviewed at the same time. Will the two hit it off on issues of ‘Net neutrality, early termination fees, Open Access or none of the above?
Kevin Martin and Lowell McAdam

Another Historic Tete-a-Tete We'd Like to See at D6

in News on May 27, 2008 at 8:00 am PT

A tough act to follow, last year’s D: All Things Digital 5. How do you best, or even match, a 75-minute joint interview with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Apple CEO Steve Jobs–a history-making history lesson taught by two principal protagonists of tech’s narrative? Summon Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse from the dead to reminisce about the “War of Currents”?
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Another Historic Tete-a-Tete We’d Like to See at D6

in News on May 27, 2008 at 8:00 am PT

A tough act to follow, last year’s D: All Things Digital 5. How do you best, or even match, a 75-minute joint interview with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Apple CEO Steve Jobs–a history-making history lesson taught by two principal protagonists of tech’s narrative? Summon Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse from the dead to reminisce about the “War of Currents”?
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Bad News, Sergey. We Won the 'C Block' …. Kidding! … Hey Stop Hitting Me

in News on April 4, 2008 at 10:50 am PT

Google (GOOG) won the recent wireless spectrum auction by not winning. That’s the claim of Richard Whitt, Google’s Washington telecom and media counsel, and Joseph Faber, its corporate counsel. In a post to Google’s Public Policy Blog Thursday, the two attorneys explained that the company’s main goal in bidding in the auction was, as many [...]

Bad News, Sergey. We Won the ‘C Block’ …. Kidding! … Hey Stop Hitting Me

in News on April 4, 2008 at 10:50 am PT

Google (GOOG) won the recent wireless spectrum auction by not winning. That’s the claim of Richard Whitt, Google’s Washington telecom and media counsel, and Joseph Faber, its corporate counsel. In a post to Google’s Public Policy Blog Thursday, the two attorneys explained that the company’s main goal in bidding in the auction was, as many [...]

Dr. Spectrum and the C-Block Savages

in News on February 6, 2008 at 3:31 pm PT

After nine days of nail-biting excitement, the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of the 700 MHz spectrum is beginning to wind down. The FCC instituted the auction’s “Stage Two Transition” this morning, requiring participants to bid more actively or withdraw. The move inspired hundreds of new bids, pushing the auction total to $19.02 billion. That said, [...]

The 700 MHz Club: Open Access for All

in News on January 31, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

We Want the Airwaves, Baby …

in News on January 31, 2008 at 6:56 am PT

A bid of $4.7 billion in the Federal Communications Commission’s 700-MHz auction pushed the nationwide C block over its $4.6 billion reserve price this morning, triggering the spectrum’s open-access provision. Great news for Google, which sought the provision that requires the winning bidder to open the C block spectrum to all devices and software applications. [...]