09/19/2011 -
Mobile Future Chairman Jonathan Spalter sent a letter to Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council, encouraging the Obama Administration to swiftly make more wireless spectrum available in both the short- and long-term to meet exploding consumer demand, fuel our technology-driven economy and continue to unleash investment and innovation.
09/12/2011 -
The Obama Administration signaled its intention to include a measure to expand wireless coverage and increase mobile spectrum as part of the American Jobs Act.
08/24/2011 -
Today, Mobile Future and Roger Entner of Recon Analytics, released a new report, What’s It Worth To You? Comparing Wireless Pricing in 14 Countries. The analysis finds that Americans consume more than five times the wireless services at more affordable rates than those in key countries around the world.
08/01/2011 -
Today, Mobile Future, David Sosa, Ph. D and Marc Van Audenrode, Ph.D of the Analysis Group released a new study, Private-Sector Investment and Employment Impacts of Reassigning Spectrum to Mobile Broadband in the United States, which reveals the crucial role mobile broadband can play in boosting the nation’s economy if additional spectrum is allocated for wireless networks.
07/29/2011 -
Major telecom firms today jointly filed a proposal with the FCC outlining a framework to modernize and rationalize the universal service and intercarrier compensation systems. A key component of the plan is to transition Universal Service Fund support from voice service to broadband.
07/26/2011 -
The debt ceiling package put forth by Senate Democrats includes spectrum reform, specifically incentive auctions that would yield significant new net savings. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of Mobile Future.
06/28/2011 -
It is surprising that while the report shows that 89.6% of Americans can choose from five or more service providers, the Commission’s latest assessment does not acknowledge what 300 million American wireless consumers have come to experience every day – a competitive U.S. wireless market that delivers more innovative choices than ever before.
06/23/2011 -
Mobile Future and Roger Entner of Recon Analytics, released a new report, International Comparisons: The Handset Replacement Cycle, which finds that American wireless consumers are a key driver of mobile handset innovation by consistently replacing their devices more frequently and quickly than their international counterparts.
06/08/2011 -
Mobile Future applauds Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison for their bi-partisan leadership on this important piece of spectrum legislation. We appreciate the Committee’s clear recognition that we must urgently make additional wireless spectrum available to fuel our technology-driven economy. We strongly urge lawmakers to move this legislation quickly through the process to continue to spur investment, innovation and new economic opportunities.
05/18/2011 -
Mobile Future released “Spectrum: Fueling the Mobile Future,” and animated video exploring the long term impact of the staggering growth in consumer and corporate mobile usage.
