4G

Government often seems quite adept at solving yesterday’s problems, building or protecting systems that are irrelevant today.

Contrary to some seriously misguided dismissiveness by a great many allegedly informed people – there is such a thing as a Deep State.

Not long ago, to be connected online a person had to be anchored to a desk with a personal computer.

One of the more important hearings for the future of broadband took place last week in the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee. The Committee gathered to discuss “Breaking Down Barriers to Broadband Infrastructure Deployment.”

Earlier this year Cisco released its annual Visual Network Index (VNI) Forecast Report: Mobile Data Traffic Update, 2014-2019. The report makes clear that North America, mostly the United States, has been a global leader in mobile broadband development. Case in pont, North America had 39.1 percent of all global 4G connections in 2014 with projections showing that by 2019 North America’s share will increase to 42.1 percent.

In sum, the need for modernizing America’s communications law is urgent and undeniable.

My new policy brief urges the Federal Communications Commission to get on with the business of allocating the necessary spectrum to meet the burgeoning demand for wireless services. The paper was…