Press Releases
| PRESS RELEASES | |
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| Mobile Future Statement on Presidential Memorandum Nearly Doubling Available Wireless Spectrum Today, President Obama signed a presidential memorandum that aims to make available for auction some 500 megahertz of spectrum that is now controlled by the federal government and private companies. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of the Mobile Future Coalition. |
06/28/10 |
| Mobile Future Statement on FCC Consideration of Legal Framework for Broadband Today, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Inquiry to begin the process of considering possible legal frameworks for regulating broadband Internet services. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of Mobile Future. |
06/17/10 |
| Mobile Future Statement on FCC Wireless Competition Report Today, the Federal Communications Commission released an assessment of competition in the wireless marketplace. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of the Mobile Future Coalition: |
05/20/10 |
| Closing the Digital Divide for Those with Disabilities Today, Mobile Future, a non-profit and non-partisan wireless coalition, released a white paper assessing the role of mobile and wireless technologies in creating opportunities for the 54 million Americans with disabilities. |
05/13/10 |
| Mobile Future Statement on FCC Plan to Impose New Regulations on Broadband Today, FCC Chairman Genachowski issued a statement regarding the Commission’s proposed path forward for broadband regulations. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of Mobile Future: |
05/06/10 |
| Proposed Net Neutrality Regulations Could Lead to Decline in U.S. Employment Today, economist Coleman Bazelon of The Brattle Group released a new report, “The Employment and Economic Impacts of Network Neutrality Regulation: An Empirical Analysis,” that highlights the effects proposed net neutrality regulations would have on the broadband industry and the U.S. economy. The research was sponsored by Mobile Future, the non-profit, non-partisan coalition of technology businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals dedicated to advocating for an environment in which innovations in wireless technology and services are enabled and encouraged. |
04/23/10 |
| Mobile Future Statement on House Passage of the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act Today, the House passed the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act (HR 3125). The bill charges the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications & Information Administration with conducting an inventory of how spectrum is being used, by whom and how efficiently. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of Mobile Future. Click to read the statement. |
04/15/10 |
| Mobile Future Statement on FCC Debut of National Broadband Plan Today, the Federal Communications Commission released a National Broadband Plan, as directed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, designed to stimulate economic growth, spur job creation, foster innovation and investment, and improve education, health care, energy efficiency, homeland security and more. |
03/16/10 |
| Statement on FCC Chairman Genachowski Preview of Working Recommendations in the Broadband Plan Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski previewed working recommendations in the National Broadband Plan for advancing U.S. mobile broadband leadership. Chairman Genachowski announced aggressive action designed to spur global competitiveness, innovation and sustainable high quality job creation in the wireless space. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of the Mobile Future Coalition: |
02/25/10 |
| New Report Points to Operational and Engineering Consequences of Net Neutrality Regulations for Wire Mobile Future today released a new report assessing the implications of potential network neutrality regulations on wireless consumers and the networks which support them. The report was filed today in the Federal Communications Commission’s proceeding. To read the report, please visit http://www.mobilefuture.org/FCCJanuary14 |
01/14/10 |
