Consumer demand will require an “enormous increase” in...
Consumer demand will require an “enormous increase” in both licensed and unlicensed spectrum capacity, said Time Warner Cable in a press release (http://bit.ly/bRNbEs) announcing the results of a TWC report on “the effects that the growth of WiFi consumer demand…
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is having on existing unlicensed spectrum allocations.” To meet that demand, the TWC report -- written by Michael Calabrese of the New America Foundation -- argues for “balanced spectrum policy to address the growing demand for mobile, data-intensive applications,” said Fernando Laguarda, director of TWC’s Research Program on Digital Communications, which published the report. “Unleashing an abundance of spectrum and driving down its cost as an input for all things mobile is therefore the single best means by which the federal government can promote innovation and consumer welfare in wireless,” concludes the report. The report is at www.twcresearchprogram.com.