“We’re canceling our membership in the out-of-touch wireless-carrier-club,” proclaimed T-Mobile in announcing its Simple Choice pricing plan. That’s good news for consumers in the sense that more options are always – well, almost always – better than fewer. And the switch has probably already accomplished what T-Mobile set …
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The Federal Communication Commission, which oversees the gigantic U.S. market for telecommunications, recently released its sixteenth report on the state of competition in the wireless industry. It’s chock-full of data, grist for business strategists and policy nerds seeking to understand the dynamics of a fast-paced wireless industry and its uneasy … The dictum, “first, do no harm,” is a duty commonly assigned to physicians. In our view, it’s a good mantra for regulators as well, and we urge it on the Federal Communications Commission in drawing up rules for an upcoming auction to free additional radio spectrum for smart phones, tablets … Check this recent commentary re the anniversary of the 1996 Telecom Act, which turned 17 last month. We come away convinced more than ever of the difficulty of designing regulatory policies that can keep up with the startling pace of technological change. In telecom, the changes have come … Brookings, the D.C.-based think tank, just published The Need for Speed: A New Framework for Telecommunications Policy for the 21st Century, the last word to date on Internet regulation written by telecom experts Robert Litan and Hal Singer. If you’re interested in the subject, this is a must-read. For those … Microsoft’s Window’s phone operating system and Africa’s rising middle class may be a match made in heaven. That seems to be part of the thinking behind the new $150 smartphone that Microsoft and China’s Huawei Technologies introduced in seven African countries this month. The new venture could provide a … Conventional wisdom would suggest that the two U.S. telecom leaders, AT&T and Verizon, will remain the industry leaders for a long time. But conventional wisdom is often wrong in the information technology biz, where companies must run all-out just to stay in place.
Everyone who follows the telecom industry knows that … “The Cloud” is certainly the buzz-phrase du jour as the behemoth IT companies rush to offer remote storage “in the cloud” for everything from document files to home videos. You get the convenience of easy access to the stuff on a variety of devices in a variety of places. They … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Amazon, Apple, Google, iCloud, iTunes, Microsoft | Category: Consumer Protection, Mobile Telephone Regulation |
 One commentRoger Entner, the blogger/communications specialist, makes an interesting point in a recent post. The price of wireless services has fallen sharply in recent years. Yet for reasons unclear, the industry hasn’t seen fit to toot its own horn. This graph below (or at least its implicit message) may be … |
Professor Dieter Helm (Oxford) is a very fine fly fisherman, and an even better economist. If you haven’t done so, take a look at his new book “The Carbon Crunch: How We Are Getting Climate Change Wrong — and How to Fix It” for a bit of unconventional wisdom. He argues that politicians and the general public have not shown any real interest in addressing climate change. Helm argues that places like Europe should focus on setting a price for carbon that would cover consumption (and not just production), and that fracking could be a good “bridge” technology for reducing consumption of coal. The book is readable and insightful for those interested in the inside track on climate policy. 
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