Archive for the ‘Spectrum & Towers’ Category
U.S. Wireless Carriers Ask President Obama to Clear Government Spectrum Bands Below 3 GHz
Today, CTIA and carrier members serving more than 92 percent of U.S. wireless customers sent a letter to President Obama asking for his leadership to direct the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to clear unused and underutilized government spectrum bands below 3 gigahertz (GHz). Even though the U.S. wireless industry offers [...]
mHealth Solutions: More Spectrum Needed
On Tuesday at the Institute for Policy Innovation panel on “Mobile Health: Innovations in Care & the Spectrum Challenge,” CTIA Vice President of Public Affairs John Walls describes to policymakers and their staff about how mHealth solutions are often bandwidth-intensive applications that need more spectrum. The rapidly dwindling supply of spectrum threatens to hinder or [...]
Spectrum Availability for Wireless: How Do We Compare?
In light of the tremendous attention on the U.S. wireless industry’s need for more spectrum, I thought it would be helpful and important to look at how our spectrum availability compares to other countries. This “flag chart” is based solely on numbers and the facts. We looked at the U.S. versus 9 other countries (i.e. [...]
CTIA Response to NAB’s Study
After NAB released their study, I released this statement: “Contrary to the scare tactics that NAB is presenting to consumers and policymakers, reallocating underutilized spectrum will not remove free over-the-air broadcast television. We also want to remind broadcasters of two key points in all of the incentive auction discussions, as well as in each of [...]
CTIA Statement After Testifying Before the House Subcommittee on Communications & Technology on Spectrum and Public Safety Issues
After testifying on the “Legislative Hearing to Address Spectrum and Public Safety Issues” before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Judiciary Committee, I released this statement: “The attention and importance that the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has placed on spectrum is greatly appreciated by CTIA and the wireless industry. We are pleased [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on the Draft House Republican Spectrum Bill
I released this statement on the draft House Republican spectrum bill: “CTIA and the wireless industry believe the draft House Republican bill is an important and positive first step to address America’s looming spectrum crisis while ensuring we remain the world’s leading wireless industry. The facts prove our customers love accessing the mobile Internet anywhere [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling’s Testimony Before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
In response to NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling’s testimony on federal government spectrum use before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, I issued this statement: “We thank Administrator Strickling and the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology for their focus on the importance of freeing up spectrum for commercial mobile broadband use. [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on Representative Eshoo’s 4G Disclosure Legislation
**UPDATE: 6/30 – Here’s a blog post from The Free State Foundation that explains more about why this proposed additional regulation is unnecessary.** In response to U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo’s 4G disclosure legislation, I released the following statement: “We are concerned that the bill proposes to add a new layer of regulation to a new and [...]
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