by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 21, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
In my last post I described Boston’s recently-launched Wicked Free Wi-Fi as a new generation of municipal wireless networks likely to be more successful than the first generation of projects launched a decade earlier. Another member of this new generation is LinkNYC,...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 15, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
So far, this series of blog posts has focused on what private companies are doing in the unlicensed spectrum space—including startups, cable operators, Google and mobile carriers. In the next few posts I’ll consider what cities and local neighborhoods have done, are...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 1, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
In the last post in this series I reviewed several different points of view regarding the pros and cons of cellular carriers using “LTE Unlicensed” (LTE-U) to expand their network capacity. In this post I’ll take a closer look at movement in this direction among U.S....
by Mitchell Shapiro | Mar 30, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
A key theme in this “unlicensed spectrum” series of blog posts has been the potential negative impacts on wireless carriers of lower-cost services built on WiFi connectivity, either in a “WiFi-first” or “WiFi-only” mode. In this two-part post the focus will shift to...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Mar 25, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
In an earlier post in this series I discussed business issues and opportunities related to a potential launch by Comcast of a WiFi-based service that could: further monetize the company’s investments in millions of in-home dual-SSID WiFi gateway devices; provide it...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
The focus of my last post in this series was business issues and opportunities related to a potential launch by Comcast of a WiFi-based service that could: further monetize the company’s investments in millions of in-home dual-SSID WiFi gateway devices; provide it...
