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Mesh networks might be a significant new factor in the Internet access business across much of the Global South. In fact, Google’s Project Loon, testing use of balloons for Internet access, [...]

Former Vodafone India CEO and Managing Director Martin Pieters says over-the-top apps could be “fatal,” noting that 85 percent of mobile operator revenue is earned from voice services at risk [...]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is  leaning against a smaller company spectrum reserve in the upcoming 600-MHz spectrum auctions, according to a Reuters report. T-Mobile US and others [...]

Uncertainty is one reason Ofcom now  proposes to separately auction 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz spectrum for commercial use in the United Kingdom. Ofcom would award most of the newly available spectrum [...]

Competition from over the top voice and messaging apps might reduce mobile voice revenues in India by up to half, according to industry body COAI. The proliferation of services such as Skype and [...]

There seems to be a growing sense on the part of India regulatory officials that current application “zero rating” plans of two types violate the “spirit” of network neutrality principles, though [...]

Some of what LeoSat CEO Vern Fotheringham will talk about at Spectrum Futures depends on what happens over the next several months. LeoSat plans to launch a new constellation of 80 or more low [...]

Spectrum sharing can take a number of forms. In India, it primarily is an immediate issue with respect to mobile operators pooling spectrum in the 2G and 3G bands. The Telecom Regulatory [...]

Google has asked the Federal Communications Commission to push the World Radiocommunication Conference to expand spectrum devoted to High Altitude Platform Stations (“HAPS”) as a method of [...]

Public Wi-Fi hotspots might play a more-important role supporting mobile Internet access in India than is commonly perceived. Both of the largest mobile carriers in India, plus upstart Reliance [...]

India now is the fulcrum of debate over “network neutrality” principles, as regulators ponder possible rules that extend from “no blocking of lawful apps” to “no packet priorities” and “no zero [...]

Access to spectrum is the foundation for any wireless or mobile business model. Generally speaking, access to “more” spectrum is advantageous. On the other hand, scarcity increases [...]

What is the strategic value of the fixed network in a mobile-dominated communications market? Ironically enough, backhaul. One way of looking at the volume of access is to note that, in 2013, [...]

Many would agree, in principle, that walled content gardens are “bad.” Such “curated” experiences are not the “open Internet.” The issue is that every [...]

It sometimes is hard to comprehend just how much useful communications spectrum exists in the millimeter wave bands (3 GHz to 300 GHz), even if some blocks already are allocated and even if  high [...]