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Mobile broadband has dramatically changed how Americans access information. It is spurring innovation, expanding educational opportunities, increasing productivity, and -with the explosive popularity of smartphones -becoming the primary pathway to the Internet for many Americans. However, a supply shortage is accompanying the increase in demand. Spectrum, the vehicle over which data from wireless [...]
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Few proposals lawmakers have been considering in recent weeks aimed at restoring our fiscal discipline have the immediate ability to generate revenue for the Treasury, stimulate direct domestic investment, spur innovation, and create jobs than spectrum auctions. At the moment, spectrum is in short supply. Currently in use for “over the air” television delivery, which is consumed by fewer than 10 percent [...]
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With the National Broadband Plan announced by the FCC this week, U.S. lawmakers now have an opportunity to do something that will truly and positively impact the lives and well-being of every American for decades to come. The fact is that broadband will help lead the way in new and emerging industries and create millions of jobs for generations of American workers. However, as a recent FCC survey shows, [...]
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With our nation's unemployment rate still stubbornly close to post-World War II highs, it's clear that government spending, tax policy tweaks and job programs alone will not create all the new jobs Americans need. Rather than hoping for an economic miracle, U.S. policymakers and corporate CEOs should take a page from our economic history and build the high-tech Internet infrastructure that could get [...]