Spectrum and the Paradox of the ITU
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is a paradox. It is simultaneously an enabler and an obstacle to progress when it comes to radio spectrum. Formed in the late 19th century, one of the ITU’s key…
Why You Should Read TV White Spaces – A Pragmatic Approach
Marco Zennaro and Ermanno Pietrosemoli of the Abdus Salaam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) have put together a great collection of essays on TV White Spaces with an emphasis on their application in emerging…
The Real Reason Why White Spaces Spectrum Matters
You may have seen a resurgence of news about “Net Neutrality” in the last few weeks. This is because a US court recently ruled that the communications regulator (the Federal Communications Commission- FCC) doesn’t have…
Mobile — You Keep Using That Word
In his predictions for 2014, Google chairman Eric Schmidt boldly states “mobile has won“. For a man who has made some fairly ambitious predictions in the past, pundits regarded this prediction as fairly tame, perhaps…
Privacy Metaphors
We are living through a privacy tipping point. Technology is dramatically changing what is possible in terms of surveillance, monitoring, persistence, analysis. We are cracking open the lid of Pandora’s Box. We still don’t really…