C Band Auction Takes Off

A week into the C-Band auction, all signs point to an intense struggle for spectrum among the auction participants. With 5G deployments in full-swing, the 280Mhz of mid-band…

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Attempts to Close the Digital Divide — What has worked and what hasn’t?

Over the past 15 years, there have been several government initiatives to expand the adoption of broadband in the United States. At the same time, industry has been…

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European Lessons on Broadbroad — A Look at Germany

For a country that is known for being as efficient, organized, and technologically advanced as Germany, its state of mobile networks constitutes a rare black mark. Germany is…

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Mobile is Colorblind

Stay-at-home orders, school closings, and social distancing have raised the issue of the digital divide in the United States. While the availability and affordability of connectivity is important,…

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Broadband 2020: how the pandemic changed usage and priorities

A new report called “Broadband 2020” by Recon Analytics shows that over 40% of employees in the United States are able to telecommute. The Department of Labor’s Bureau…

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The 4G Decade – Quantifying the Benefits

4G wireless networks powered remarkable economic growth and transformed the way Americans live and work, according to a new report by Recon Analytics and CTIA, the wireless industry…

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Tales of two continents and the Internet During COVID-19

A few weeks ago, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton made headlines when he asked Netflix, Google’s YouTube and Disney to voluntarily reduce their video quality from High Definition to…

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Audio conference: Will the U.S. Tech, Telecom and Mobile Sectors Survive Election Year 2020 and COVID-19?

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Is U.S. missing a big 5G opportunity at 6 GHz?

The FCC is on a rampage trying to make as much spectrum available for 5G as it can. But in so doing, is it creating an imbalance in…

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Discussing the Latest in DoH (DNS over HTTPS) with Shane Tews

Roger Entner is joined by Shane Tews, Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute to discuss the latest developments in DoH (DNS over HTTPS).

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Unraveling the good and the bad in T-Mobile/Sprint/Dish deal

The Department of Justice announced on July 26, 2019, that it approved the T-Mobile/Sprint merger under a series of conditions involving divestitures to Dish Network. What do all…

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