Antitrust Law: Look Back to the Future
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
November 2018
Analysis
Analysis
FCC Should Undertake Efforts to Better Promote Tribal Access to Spectrum
The US Government Accountability Office was asked to review spectrum use by tribal entities—tribal governments and tribally owned telecommunications providers. This report examines (1) tribal entities' ability to obtain and access spectrum to provide broadband services and the reported barriers that may exist, and (2) the extent to which the Federal Communications Commission promotes and supports tribal efforts to obtain and access spectrum. GAO interviewed 16 tribal entities that were using wireless technologies.
Privacy Groups to FTC: Where's Our Google Complaint
Privacy groups are pressing the Federal Trade Commission for the status of their complaint against Google.
President Trump Re-election Campaign Uses CNN Suit to Rally Base (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/14/2018 - 12:16
FCC You Soon
The new Democratic majority in the House is wasting no time in preparing its oversight efforts. “We’re getting ready to send a letter over to the [Federal Communications Commission] letting them know we intend to have a lot more oversight hearings and we want to start getting them on their schedule early,” said Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA). He predicted an FCC oversight hearing is “not going to be too much later” than January, if not then. He plans to meet with incoming House Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) next week to game out the subcommittee agenda. Rep.
Commissioner Carr Statement on First High-Band 5G Auction (Federal Communications Commission)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/14/2018 - 11:59Chairman Pai on Start of 5G Auction (Federal Communications Commission)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/14/2018 - 11:59FCC 28 GHz Band Auction Launches Nov 14 (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/14/2018 - 11:58Accumulating phones: Aid and adaptation in phone access for the urban poor
This study draws on participant observation and interviews with low-income adults in Chicago to show how the poor stay connected to phone service and mobile Internet through the possession of multiple phones, including those subsidized by government aid. The “accumulation” of phones by individuals is widely observed, though underexplored in scholarship. Popular media coverage in the US frames the possession of multiple phones by people in poverty as criminal or excessive.