Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm     by Sue Spradley       Home         Topics: Main | ServiceProvider | LTE | 3G | WiMax | HSDPA | IMS | ICDMA | GSM | Silicon for Wireless | Fixed Wireless |  Start-ups | People | Europe | China | Japan | Latin America | India | Wireless Start-up Directory | Links & Resources | Archive   FCC Classifies Wireless Broadband as an Information Service The FCC declared that wireless broadband Internet access service is an information service under the Communications Act -- putting it on the same regulatory footing as other broadband services, such as cable modem service, wireline broadband (DSL) Internet access service, and Broadband over Power Line (BPL). Wireless broadband Internet access service is defined as a service that uses spectrum, wireless facilities, and wireless technologies to provide subscribers with high speed Internet access capabilities. Wireless broadband Internet access service can be provided using mobile, portable, or fixed technologies, and wireless broadband technologies can transmit data over short, medium, or long ranges. Specifically, the FCC ruling finds that the transmission component underlying wireless broadband Internet access service is "telecommunications," and that the provision of this telecommunications transmission component as part of a functionally integrated wireless Internet access service is an information service. The FCC said this approach is consistent with the framework that the Commission already has established for cable modem service, wireline broadband Internet access service, and BPL-enabled Internet access service, thus furthering the goal of regulating like services in a similar manner. The FCC also found that wireless broadband Internet access service using mobile technologies is not a "commercial mobile service," as that term is defined in the Act and implemented in the FCC's rules. http://www.fcc.gov 22-Mar-07     No video on this topic yet.. contact us to present your views. Recent Broadband Wireless News Wholesale Applications Community Sets Course 7/27/2010 Qualcomm Sees Opportunity in Electric Vehicle Charging 7/27/2010 Clearwire Sells WiMAX Operations in Ireland to Imagine 7/26/2010 Ceragon Acquires Advanced Carrier Ethernet NMS Technology 7/26/2010 AT&T Adds Nearly 900,000 Connected Devices in Q2 7/23/2010 Hong Kong's CSL Selects ZTE for 1800 MHz/2600 MHz Dual-band LTE Network 7/22/2010 Lockheed Martin Tests Through-The-Earth Wireless Communications 7/21/2010 ZTE Completes LTE/EPC Interoperability Tests with MSF 7/21/2010 Exalt Introduces 4G/LTE-Ready Microwave Backhaul Platform 7/20/2010 Spirent Verifies LTE to CDMA Handover 7/20/2010 BT Outlines its National Smart Meter Rollout Bid 7/19/2010 Netsnapper Builds Mobile Optimization Platform 7/19/2010 Ericsson Wins Managed Services Contract with China Mobile Hebei 7/19/2010 Infonetics: Mobile Broadband Service Revenue to More than Double by 2014 7/16/2010 Brazil's Mobile Penetration Rate Hits 95% 7/16/2010 > More news...     Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm by Sue Spradley Mobile Backhaul Transition Requires New Testing by Joe Zeto Cybersecurity Requires Public/Private Coalition by Greg Oslan A Rethinking of Cloud Services and Network Architecture by Jim Theodoras Delivering Scalable Video Solutions <br><i> Advantages of SVC-Optimized QoS</i> by Andy Singleton Does Network Neutrality Impact DPI? by James Brear   E-mail Newsletter Subscribe Now