http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/ A Technology Blog From The Washington Post - (washingtonpost.com) en Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:30:41 -0400 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/sitting_down_with_atts_de_la_v.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/sitting_down_with_atts_de_la_v.html Cecilia Kang Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:30:41 -0400 I sat down this morning with Verizon Wireless Chief Executive Lowell McAdam to talk about the company's recent $9.5 billion purchase of radio spectrum, it moves to open its existing networks, and the hottest applications for cell phone users today. But mostly, he was still riding high on Federal Communications... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/chatting_with_verizon_wireless.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/chatting_with_verizon_wireless.html Cecilia Kang Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:32:45 -0400 Notable news from the CTIA wireless conference in Las Vegas today (aside from FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's dismissal of Skype's open wireless petition) was the lack of news from Sprint Nextel on its WiMax venture with Clearwire, cable operators Comcast and Time Warner and Silicon Valley giants Google and Intel.... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/whatever_happened_to_sprints_w.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/whatever_happened_to_sprints_w.html Cecilia Kang Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:18:13 -0400 The Federal Communication Commission's auction of valuable 700 mhz radio spectrum is entering the final stretch. As bids trickle in for the five blocks of spectrum, a couple things are certain: The auction has raised $20 billion, double what the FCC expected to raise from the auction. And the block... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/03/fcc_auction_nears_end_but_ques.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/03/fcc_auction_nears_end_but_ques.html Cecilia Kang Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:46:47 -0400 Apple's iPhone just got a big iBoost from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which said it has set up a $100 million fund for investments in companies focused on developing applications and services just for the iPhone and iPod. John Doerr, the pioneering partner of... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/03/vc_kleiner_perkins_gives_iphon.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/03/vc_kleiner_perkins_gives_iphon.html Cecilia Kang Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:32:42 -0400 The door at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration keeps on revolving. Yesterday, President Bush nominated Vice President Cheney's head of policy, Neil Suryakant Patel, to be Acting Secretary for Communications and Information at the Department of Commerce. Patel will replace Merideth Attwell Baker, the interim head since last November,... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/03/revolving_door_at_ntia.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/03/revolving_door_at_ntia.html Databases Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:01:02 -0400 Samuel Feder, the general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, is leaving his post of about three years to become a partner at law firm Jenner & Block. Feder, who has worked closely with Chairman Kevin Martin since coming to the FCC in 2001, will be replaced by Matthew Berry,... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/moves_fcc_general_counsel_fede.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/moves_fcc_general_counsel_fede.html Cecilia Kang Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:48:27 -0400 It's on. Sprint---which today announced it swung to a loss---said it will enter the flat-fee wireless price war initiated by Verizon Wireless last week and followed soon after by AT&T and T-Mobile. Unable to stay out of the battle to lure customers with flat monthly fees for wireless services, Sprint... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/sprint_enters_price_wars_creat.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/sprint_enters_price_wars_creat.html Cecilia Kang Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:57:06 -0400 Never mind! Days after publicly mulling a bid for Congress on his Web site, Stanford law professor, Lawrence Lessig, said he won't be making the bid after all. Lessig, a Silicon Valley icon and champion of open Internet policies, had contemplated last week running for the seat vacated by the... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/lessigs_bid_for_congress_ends.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/lessigs_bid_for_congress_ends.html Cecilia Kang Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:34:38 -0400 Lawrence Lessig, the Stanford law professor and open Internet crusader, announced on his blog that he is mulling a run for the House of Representatives. The potential run is part of his new crusade to change Washington, by reducing the power of lobbyists and their influence on lawmakers. Lessig, a... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/stanfords_lessig_open_internet.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/stanfords_lessig_open_internet.html Cecilia Kang Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:04:31 -0400 The wireless price battle just intensified with T-Mobile joining in, announcing a competing $99 flat-rate plan for its wireless phone service, this time with unlmiited text, picture and instant messaging included in the $99 monthly fee.... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/tmobil_enters_wireless_price_w.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/tmobil_enters_wireless_price_w.html Cecilia Kang Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:29:04 -0400 AT&T and Verizon Wireless today announced flat-rate subscription plans that would give customers unlimited calling time for $99 a month to anywhere in the nation. The plans, announced first by Verizon and then matched by AT&T hours later, has ignited a pricing war that will likely pressure struggling Sprint Nextel... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/verizon_and_att_ignite_price_w.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/verizon_and_att_ignite_price_w.html Cecilia Kang Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:09:27 -0400 The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said today he will propose that the agency approve Liberty Media's acquisition of News Corp's stake in DirecTV. In a meeting with reporters, Kevin Martin said commissioners may vote on the deal on or before the agency's meeting scheduled meeting on Feb. 26.... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/fcc_chair_to_push_for_liberty.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/fcc_chair_to_push_for_liberty.html Cecilia Kang Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:13:42 -0400 The Federal Communications Commission today proposed a fiscal year budget for 2009 of $338.9 million, up from $313 million in 2008. Large chunks of spending would go to educating consumers on the conversion of analog television to digital television and better oversight of its Universal Service Fund. The budget includes... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/fcc_roundup_2009_budget_and_au.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/02/fcc_roundup_2009_budget_and_au.html Cecilia Kang Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:32:37 -0400