New Blog On Unlicensed
Wireless
Kevin
Werbach, organizer of the SuperNova conference (see below), former
FCC Counsel for New Technology Policy, analyst, and consultant,
wrote to say that he’s launching a group weblog on unlicensed
wireless issues, along with Clay Shirky, Andrew Odlyzko, and David
Isenberg. You will find
it at http://www.wirelessunleashed.com
The
site focuses on the benefits of reallocating low-frequency wireless
capacity from broadcasting to unlicensed applications, both here and
around the world. Ken
notes that there is a huge amount of capacity which could be used
for two-way applications like broadband to the home, but which is
locked up in broadcast allocations based on 1950s technology.
Freeing up that capacity could create massive opportunities
for innovation, and could dramatically lower the costs of wireless
connectivity in developing countries.
The
blog will serve as a sounding board for the participants’
commentary on this issue. They
will be writing white papers as well.
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