The New York City Council is holding a hearing on “The Regulation and Use of the Unallocated Portion of the Radio Spectrum, Also Known as White Spaces” on Monday, September 28th @ 10am in the Committee Room at City Hall. I will be there presenting on behalf of NYCwireless. We need as many people as [...]
NY City Council Hearing: The Regulation and Use of the Unallocated Portion of the Radio Spectrum, Also Known as White Spaces on Sep 28 @ 10am
Published by Dana Spiegel on September 27, 2008 under Events, News, Policy 
Tags: FCC, New York City, NY City Council, NYCwireless, Policy, Spectrum 
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Diamond Consultants to publicly brief Broadband Advisory Committee regarding the Bloomberg Administration’s plans for bridging the digital divide
Published by Dana Spiegel on July 24, 2008 under Events, News, Policy Tags: Broadband Advisory Committee, Digital Divide, Muniwireless, New York City, NY City Council, Policy, Telecom Comments Off
I just received this notice from a contact at the City Council. Everyone should attend if they can (unfortunately I won’t be able to go) and report back.
Very curious too that:
(a) The report from Diamond Consultants is only about the digital divide, since I was under the impression that the research was supposed to be [...]
New ITIF Report: “Explaining International Broadband Leadership”
Published by Dana Spiegel on May 4, 2008 under Policy Tags: Digital Divide, International, ITIF, Policy Comments Off
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has just released a new report examining in depth broadband policies in 9 nations, and concludes that while we shouldn’t look to other nations for silver bullets or assume that practices in one nation will automatically work in another, U.S. policymakers can and should look to broadband best [...]
