Considerations on the optimal approach for managing spectrum are currently at the forefront of the debate around the 5925-7125 MHz frequency range (the '6 GHz band'), as Governments decide how best to manage this spectrum over the coming decades. We apply a cost-benefit analysis, using a supply...

This article combines a discrete choice model of demand for residential local telephone access and an optimal price regulation model to estimate the welfare weights that state regulators place on consumers with different incomes and locations. I find no evidence of a bias towards rural consumers...

Until 2004, Federal Communications Commission regulations required that incumbent local telephone companies must lease to competitors the entire platform of network elements necessary to provide local phone service. In December 2004, the FCC decided to phase out the unbundled network element...

In February 2012, Congress created the “First Responder Network Authority,” otherwise known as “FirstNet.” FirstNet is charged with overseeing the construction, operation, and maintenance of the country's first nationwide public safety broadband network (NPSBN). FirstNet is obliged to...

FirstNet was created to establish a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) to provide reliable, modern and interoperable communications to first responders. Every Governor has the right to “opt-out” of the FirstNet plan for his or her state and develop an alternative plan for the...

FirstNet was created to establish a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) to provide reliable, modern and interoperable communications to first responders. Every Governor has the right to “opt-out” of the FirstNet plan for his or her state and develop an alternative plan for the...

FirstNet was created to establish a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) to provide reliable, modern and interoperable communications to first responders. Every Governor has the right to “opt-out” of the FirstNet plan for his or her state and develop an alternative plan for the...

FirstNet was created to establish a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) to provide reliable, modern and interoperable communications to first responders. Every Governor has the right to “opt-out” of the FirstNet plan for his or her state and develop an alternative plan for the...

During the past several years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has engaged in a series of rulemakings to determine the regulatory status of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The Supreme Court's recent decision in the consolidated cases of National Cable and Telecommunications...

This article combines a discrete choice model of demand for residential local telephone access and an optimal price regulation model to estimate the welfare weights that state regulators place on consumers with different incomes and locations. I find no evidence of a bias towards rural consumers...