Archives for December 2007

700 MHz Bidders Revealed

The FCC has published the final, complete list of over 200 companies applying to bid in the 700 MHz spectrum auction. Among them are AT&T, Verizon, Frontline Wireless, and “Google Airwaves, LLC.” More at Ars Technica.

Posted by Stuart Sierra in News on Thu Dec 20, 2007. Link to this post. Tagged with FCC, telecom, spectrum, 700 MHz.

AltLaw's Getting Bigger and Better

AltLaw.org, our favorite legal search engine, just got its first major overhaul, so now it’s better than ever: thousands of new cases, and an interface that’s easier on the eyes. Check out the announcement.

Posted by Stuart Sierra in News on Fri Dec 14, 2007. Link to this post. Tagged with AltLaw.

Net Censorship vs. Free Trade

Google, Yahoo, and others have asked U.S. officials at the World Trade Organization to challenge China’s censorship of the Internet under WTO free trade agreements. The idea comes from Columbia Prof. Tim Wu’s paper, The World Trade Law of Internet Filtering.

Also reported in the Washington Post.

Posted by Stuart Sierra in News on Tue Dec 11, 2007. Link to this post. Tagged with censorship, trade, WTO, Wu, internet, China.

The Man Behind Google's Telecom Moves

Prof. Tim Wu spoke last week with CNBC about the state of innovation in the wireless industry, and why Google is getting involved.

Posted by Stuart Sierra in News on Tue Dec 11, 2007. Link to this post. Tagged with telecom, Google, Wu, wireless, net neutrality.