ACT in Financial Times – Upstream Players in the Internet of Things Seek to Double Dip
On Friday, the Financial Times published a letter from ACT president Morgan Reed on the escalating debate over standards essential patents and the internet of things (IoT) in Europe. The [...]
Myth Busters: What Critics Don’t Want You to Know About TV White Spaces
We recently wrote about the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and other critics’ opposition to using television white spaces (TVWS) as one of the ways to close the digital divide [...]
Cutting Through the Static: Television White Space Opportunities for Rural Agriculture
In his testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecom, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai reiterated the vital need to close America’s digital divide. During his [...]
FirstNet is Developing An Applications Ecosystem With Public Safety
By FirstNet Director of Applications Mark Golaszweski The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) was created to equip America’s first responders with state-of-the-art communications tools, enabled by the first nationwide interoperable, [...]
Tuning into Telehealth: How TV White Spaces Can Help Mississippi Tackle the Diabetes Epidemic
There has been dramatic market shift in rural broadcasting. Since the early ‘90s, “bunny ear” attachments to television sets have been disappearing. This shift has especially impacted broadcasters due to [...]
TV White Spaces are an Important Piece of the Rural Broadband Puzzle
ACT | The App Association applauds Congress’s action to restore the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to its full strength by holding a confirmation hearing for Chairman Ajit Pai, Jessica Rosenworcel, [...]