FCC to consider wireless backhaul at August open meeting
The commission will consider an item removing regulatory roadblocks to streamline wireless backhaul deployment to accelerate broadband deployment....
Mobile broadcast
The graveyard of mobile communication history is littered with failed broadcast standards, even predating cellular telephony itself, culminating with...
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Let TV dieA May 2011 report titled If a TV station broadcasts in the forest, written by Thomas W. Hazlett, a professor of law and economics at George Mason University... |
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STN: the story of a Slovenian teleportA visit to Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN) is more like calling in on family friends rather than a big corporation. There is a good reason... |
CALM Act approved
The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to implement the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act), which the president...
Mobile video technology
Mobile DTV is continuing to roll out in the United States. The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) recently projected that the new service will reach more...
Broadcast tower rules
The FCC is proposing new processing rules and interim procedures designed to give the public an opportunity to comment on proposed ASR-dependent towers...
Threats vs. opportunities
The history of entertainment media is rife with portents of gloom upon the advent of the next newest entertainment delivery technology. Sixty years ago,...
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Frequencies for saleJust over a year ago, the FCC released its long-awaited National Broadband Plan (NBP). For broadcasters, the plan means losing 120MHz, or 20 channels,... |
Incentive auctions
Three new pieces of legislation would compensate broadcasters for giving up spectrum....
Mobile video
The challenges in implementation are plentiful, but the upside is significant....
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DVB-S2 and spectral efficiencyIndustry experts and vendors alike recognize that DVB-S2 satellite modulation offers significant technical advantages.... |
Mobile TV brings opportunity to fixed-line operators
In the UK, BT regrets pulling out of cellular telephony a decade ago but believes mobile TV offers a way back....
Twenty percent of U.S. population surfs mobile Web daily
The report cites reasons why the other 80 percent don’t surf the Web daily via their mobile devices....
Mobile phone becomes primary gaming device for U.S. adults
Gaming is especially prevalent among smart phone owners....
