Local authorities are often involved in determining the competitive landscape of important services. In particular, Section 253 of the Telecommunications Act, in part, states that a local authority cannot 'prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to provide any...

In today’s world, product labels are ubiquitous. Consumers rarely make purchases without consulting labels. A common thread with these labels is they are governed by regulatory bodies who mandate, verify, and enforce reporting standards so consumers may easily understand the products. Product...

Wireless networks have long been described as wired networks with wireless links at the edge. This observation has important implications as 5G is rolled out. One of the innovations of 5G is to push the wired part of the network closer to the user, and the need for high capacity and low latency...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates the interstate rates for inmate calling services, and over the years, has made some progress in lowering rates from egregiously high historic levels. However, correctional facilities, in large part, rely on the same provider for both voice...

This paper reviews the flow approach (income less consumption) to measuring saving and the associated trends in sectoral saving rates for New Zealand, as derived from the national accounts. It also presents estimates for the household sector, of the stock measure of savings (changes in net...

Voluntary incentive auctions for the spectrum currently occupied by television broadcasters should be an important part of meeting exploding demand for radio spectrum. Despite recent allocations of licensed spectrum and demand management techniques for wireless carriers, such as WiFi offloading...

On April 9, 2010, after much delay, the Indian government began two auctions to license third generation cellular (3G) and broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum. The Indian wireless market has been hugely successful to date with a very competitive marketplace of more than 400 million 2G...

The FCC’s Broadcast Incentive Auction repurposed 70 MHz of spectrum from use for over-the-air television broadcasts to mobile broadband uses. This incentive auction was likely the most complicated auction in history and overcame numerous technical, engineering and auction design issues. Its...

This paper contains two chapters on the economic impact of proposed FCC restrictions on participation in the 2015 spectrum auction, which would limit access to additional spectrum by large incumbent Internet Service providers (ISPs). The first chapter by Holtz-Eakin and Bazelon reports that such...