by Mitchell Shapiro | Mar 22, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
The last post in this series discussed Cablevision’s recently launched WiFi-only service called Freewheel. It ended with the speculation that Comcast—the nation’s largest provider of cable TV and broadband services—might look to Freewheel for lessons about how...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Mar 15, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
A March 10 article in Variety by Todd Spangler discusses recent competitive trends in the sector of the online video market that has long been dominated by Google’s YouTube platform. Its main theme is summed up by a quote from Peter Csathy, CEO of investment...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
In an earlier post I discussed how a handful of small startups (Republic Wireless, FreedomPop and Scratch Wireless) are offering low-cost “WiFi-first” mobile services targeting mainly cost-conscious smartphone-toting millennials. In February, these relatively...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Mar 4, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
A recent WSJ article (subscription required) by Ryan Knutson begins with the provocative question “Do you really need a wireless phone company?” A few sentences later he notes that while “[i]t is almost impossible to imagine life without a...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Mar 3, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
In my introductory post on unlicensed spectrum I noted that two small startup companies, Republic Wireless and FreedomPop, are making creative use of that spectrum to offer low cost voice and Internet service. These two companies were the focus of a mid-February...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
With the FCC taking multiple steps to expand the availability of unlicensed spectrum amid growing user reliance on untethered connectivity, the role and importance of this spectrum in the U.S. context is expanding and likely to expand further. This evolving dynamic...
