 | Mobile Wireless Competition Notice of Inquiry 
October 7, 2009
Public Interest Comments
Jerry Brito, Jerry Ellig |
| In this Public Interest Comment, Senior Research Fellow Jerry Brito and Jerry Ellig discuss the best ways to analyze competition within mobile wireless markets.
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| Fostering Innovation and Investment in the Wireless Communications Market(2)
October 2, 2009
Public Interest Comments
Jerry Brito, Jerry Ellig |
| In this Public Interest Comment, Senior Research Fellows Jerry Brito and Jerry Ellig discuss the best ways to overcome barriers to innovation and investment in the wireless communications market.
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| The FCC's National Broadband Plan
June 9, 2009
Public Interest Comments
Christina Forsberg, Jerry Ellig |
| In this Public Interest Comment, Senior Research Fellow Jerry Ellig and Mercatus Graduate Fellow Christina Forsberg make recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission for the national broadband plan under the Recovery Act.
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| Public Interest Reply Comment on Comprehensive Review of the Universal Service Fund Management and Oversight
December 15, 2008
Public Interest Comments
Jerry Ellig, Maurice McTigue |
| Senior Research Fellow Jerry Ellig and Director of the Government Accountability Project Maurice McTigue comment upon how the Federal Communications Commission can improve their assistance to low income families, educational institutions, and rural communities.
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| Public Interest Comment on Intercarrier Compensation and Universal Service
November 26, 2008
Public Interest Comments
Jerry Ellig |
| Senior Research Fellow Jerry Ellig comments on three different FCC proposals to reform intercarrier compensation and universal service programs.
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| Public Interest Comment for the FCC Biennial Review Comment
October 2, 2008
Public Interest Comments
Jerry Ellig |
| This public interest comment, by Senior Research Fellow Jerry Ellig, analyzes the FCC's Biennial Review of regulations promulgated under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
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| Intercarrier Compensation and Universal Service
September 22, 2008
Public Interest Comments
Jerry Ellig |
| The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates the prices phone companies charge each other when they hand off traffic to each other. Long-distance companies pay “access charges” to local companies when they receive or terminate calls on the local networks. Other phone companies pay “reciprocal compensation” to the company of the customer who receives the call.
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 | Universal Service Reform: Start With Accountability
July 15, 2008
Mercatus On Policy
Jerry Ellig |
| Jerry Ellig comments on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposals from the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service to reform the high cost universal service program that subsidizes phone service in rural areas.
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| Implementing a Broadband Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band
June 23, 2008
Public Interest Comments
Jerry Brito |
| Last year, the FCC attempted to create a national public safety broadband network. It assigned to a nonprofit licensee 12 MHz of public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz band, and held an auction for another 12 MHz of spectrum. The winning bidder of that commercial license was then expected to form a public-private partnership with the public safety nonprofit to deploy a national network that could be shared by both first responders and commercial users. Unfortunately, there was no successful bidder in the auction. Jerry Brito provides comments on how the FCC can revamp its plan to achieve a national network.
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| Public Safety Spectrum Auction
June 20, 2008
Public Interest Comments
Jerry Brito |
| This public interest comment to the FCC by Senior Research Fellow Jerry Brito addresses ways the FCC can revamp their plan to achieve a national public safety broadband network. |
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