Wireless devices like the Apple iPhone is changing the way we were going online to which you are seeking ways of enabling find the nearest coffee shop and update Facebook on the go. All this comes at a price - in waves.
As mobile phones become more sophisticated, they send and receive data over the airwaves. But the spectrum of the radio spectrum is finite - and devices like the iPhone is allowed, only the extent of use it. TV and radio, Wi-Fi networks and other communications services and the airwaves. Any transfer of certain frequencies to avoid interference with others.
Today, wireless phone companies fear that they are in danger of running out of space, so that the overburdened networks to frustrate that users and slow innovation. Thus, the wireless companies want government to introduce them to the biggest slices Airwaves - even if others renounce the rights to them.
"Spectrum meets our roads," said Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Vice President of regulatory affairs for CTIA-The Wireless Association, a trade group of the industry. "That is how we move our traffic. And the volume of traffic increased so dramatically that we need more lanes. We need more highways.
That will not happen without a fight. Business Outreach looked at certain frequencies by broadcasters, corporate communications satellite and federal agencies how to use the Pentagon. Already some groups that may come back.
This means that difficult decisions are ahead. But one way or the other is in Washington to follow the explosive growth of the mobile market, insists Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va. He is the author of legislation that a government inventory of waves on the tapes or only underutilized, which could be reallocated to identify would provide the mandate.
"It's not about whether we can find more spectrum," said Boucher, chairman of the House subcommittee on commercial communications, technology and the Internet. "We need to find a larger range.
CTIA, the industry group, urged the government to license an additional 800-megahertz airwaves available for wireless companies in the next six years. It would be an enormous expansion of the current portion of the industry to about 500 megahertz. The Federal Communications Commission prepares for more spectrum for commercial use make, but only 50 MHz in the pipeline.
Two trends are driving the demand.
First, given that use new, advanced wireless applications - such as mobile video and online games - more bandwidth than phone calls or text messages, "said Neville Ray, Senior Vice President of Engineering Operations, T-Mobile USA Inc.
Second, consumers are jumping into the wireless Internet connections, in some cases completely abandoned account cable network. ABI Research projects mobile broadband connections will increase the U.S. $ 150 million in 2014, compared to 48 million this year and 5 million in 2007.
The difficult situation, "said Jamie Hedlund, Vice President of regulatory affairs for the Consumer Electronics Association, is that many people take" the wireless experience should be the same as the wired experience, but the ability, all is there are just not sure .
The industry concerns will find a sympathetic ear in Washington.
Julius Genachowski, FCC chairman, said finding more space for industrial wireless broadband is an important part of the plan of his agency. The plan to increase from the bill in 2009, the task that is due in February and will propose that the use of wireless systems for broadband Internet connections in parts of the country which are also removed for fixed networks.
"If we want a world-leading broadband infrastructure for the nation, wireless is a key component," said Colin Crowell Genachowski assistance.
Lawrence Strickling, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an arm of the Commerce Department that manages the use of waves of the covenant, the agency is also hunting for frequencies on the wireless industry can use.
Some of the crisis can be treated with technologies that efficient use of spectrum and new equipment that allows users to exchange tapes. The FCC also used to promote increased use of frequencies that are not allowed any such "spaces" between the bands of the television stations.
But these solutions alone will not solve the crisis, warns the wireless industry.
The attention of the FCC at this stage to television broadcasters, which almost 300 megahertz airwaves, which are mainly used to serve only 10 percent of U.S. households - which focuses exclusively on multiple television signals to keep level.
The FCC is currently considering various options, most broadcasters would not have enough capacity to deliver a high definition signal over the air. One option that would require congressional approval, is a voluntary program that allows dealers to sell excess bandwidth would be through an auction, either in government or directly to mobile operators. Although the FCC spectrum has licensed broadcasters for free a few years ago, those licenses are in millions of U.S. dollars today.
"Fewer people use air on television and at the same time more and more people are mobile broadband," said Blair Levin, an official of the monitoring of the plan broadband FCC. "So" make sense ... "for that asset in the hands, which can reach its greatest value."
The idea faces opposition from the powerful broadcasting lobby. Dennis Wharton, Executive Vice President of the National Association of Broadcasters, as proposed plans to stunt industry, innovative use of waves, which become free when he turned off analog broadcasts and go all digital in June, the station has already donated more than 100 megahertz of Radio frequencies for the government and wants to use the rest to transmit high-definition signals, "multicast" several channels and mobile TV to phones, computers, phones and cars provide.
"The FCC's proposal would kill many of our future business plans in the cradle," said Wharton.
Mobile operators are also places in the cross hairs on the frequencies chosen by companies that provide voice and data services via satellite.
Hedlund, the Consumer Electronics Association, notes that some of these companies have a lot of bandwidth, but not many customers. TerreStar Corp., for its part has its satellite launched in July and a number of subscribers. And ICO Global Communications, which runs tests on a satellite last year, is not known when they started commercial service.
But TerreStar General Counsel Doug Brandon believes has the company a strong argument for keeping the airwaves: a satellite can provide a critical lifeline in emergencies when other routes and in areas from rural areas where other airlines do not offer services.
If anything, "said Vice President ICO Christopher Doherty, satellite phone companies are ideal partners for mobile phone companies to expand coverage. TerreStar for his part, has a contract for AT & T Inc., the satellite services to sell.
Other possible sources of frequencies there are also agencies that handle everything from emergency communications for the monitoring operations. The Department of Defense, for example, requires the ether for critical installations such as radar, precision guided weapons, and drone aircraft.
The Pentagon has canceled several frequencies and development of technologies that can make more efficient use of the airwaves. He also said he is obligated to find compromises that work for public and commercial sectors, as these do not affect military capabilities.
Karl Nebbia, head of the NTIA Office of Spectrum Management, said that federal authorities to open May to move to different bands, as the government "a major user of commercial services to broadband." But a challenge is to ensure that users are required to move the federal funds - have, including the new equipment that may be paid with proceeds from the auctioning of spectrum.
At the moment, one thing is, everyone agrees that it is not an easy prey in the air.
"There is no open space anywhere," said Kathleen Ham, Vice President of regulatory affairs for T-Mobile.
As mobile phones become more sophisticated, they send and receive data over the airwaves. But the spectrum of the radio spectrum is finite - and devices like the iPhone is allowed, only the extent of use it. TV and radio, Wi-Fi networks and other communications services and the airwaves. Any transfer of certain frequencies to avoid interference with others.
Today, wireless phone companies fear that they are in danger of running out of space, so that the overburdened networks to frustrate that users and slow innovation. Thus, the wireless companies want government to introduce them to the biggest slices Airwaves - even if others renounce the rights to them.
"Spectrum meets our roads," said Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Vice President of regulatory affairs for CTIA-The Wireless Association, a trade group of the industry. "That is how we move our traffic. And the volume of traffic increased so dramatically that we need more lanes. We need more highways.
That will not happen without a fight. Business Outreach looked at certain frequencies by broadcasters, corporate communications satellite and federal agencies how to use the Pentagon. Already some groups that may come back.
This means that difficult decisions are ahead. But one way or the other is in Washington to follow the explosive growth of the mobile market, insists Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va. He is the author of legislation that a government inventory of waves on the tapes or only underutilized, which could be reallocated to identify would provide the mandate.
"It's not about whether we can find more spectrum," said Boucher, chairman of the House subcommittee on commercial communications, technology and the Internet. "We need to find a larger range.
CTIA, the industry group, urged the government to license an additional 800-megahertz airwaves available for wireless companies in the next six years. It would be an enormous expansion of the current portion of the industry to about 500 megahertz. The Federal Communications Commission prepares for more spectrum for commercial use make, but only 50 MHz in the pipeline.
Two trends are driving the demand.
First, given that use new, advanced wireless applications - such as mobile video and online games - more bandwidth than phone calls or text messages, "said Neville Ray, Senior Vice President of Engineering Operations, T-Mobile USA Inc.
Second, consumers are jumping into the wireless Internet connections, in some cases completely abandoned account cable network. ABI Research projects mobile broadband connections will increase the U.S. $ 150 million in 2014, compared to 48 million this year and 5 million in 2007.
The difficult situation, "said Jamie Hedlund, Vice President of regulatory affairs for the Consumer Electronics Association, is that many people take" the wireless experience should be the same as the wired experience, but the ability, all is there are just not sure .
The industry concerns will find a sympathetic ear in Washington.
Julius Genachowski, FCC chairman, said finding more space for industrial wireless broadband is an important part of the plan of his agency. The plan to increase from the bill in 2009, the task that is due in February and will propose that the use of wireless systems for broadband Internet connections in parts of the country which are also removed for fixed networks.
"If we want a world-leading broadband infrastructure for the nation, wireless is a key component," said Colin Crowell Genachowski assistance.
Lawrence Strickling, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an arm of the Commerce Department that manages the use of waves of the covenant, the agency is also hunting for frequencies on the wireless industry can use.
Some of the crisis can be treated with technologies that efficient use of spectrum and new equipment that allows users to exchange tapes. The FCC also used to promote increased use of frequencies that are not allowed any such "spaces" between the bands of the television stations.
But these solutions alone will not solve the crisis, warns the wireless industry.
The attention of the FCC at this stage to television broadcasters, which almost 300 megahertz airwaves, which are mainly used to serve only 10 percent of U.S. households - which focuses exclusively on multiple television signals to keep level.
The FCC is currently considering various options, most broadcasters would not have enough capacity to deliver a high definition signal over the air. One option that would require congressional approval, is a voluntary program that allows dealers to sell excess bandwidth would be through an auction, either in government or directly to mobile operators. Although the FCC spectrum has licensed broadcasters for free a few years ago, those licenses are in millions of U.S. dollars today.
"Fewer people use air on television and at the same time more and more people are mobile broadband," said Blair Levin, an official of the monitoring of the plan broadband FCC. "So" make sense ... "for that asset in the hands, which can reach its greatest value."
The idea faces opposition from the powerful broadcasting lobby. Dennis Wharton, Executive Vice President of the National Association of Broadcasters, as proposed plans to stunt industry, innovative use of waves, which become free when he turned off analog broadcasts and go all digital in June, the station has already donated more than 100 megahertz of Radio frequencies for the government and wants to use the rest to transmit high-definition signals, "multicast" several channels and mobile TV to phones, computers, phones and cars provide.
"The FCC's proposal would kill many of our future business plans in the cradle," said Wharton.
Mobile operators are also places in the cross hairs on the frequencies chosen by companies that provide voice and data services via satellite.
Hedlund, the Consumer Electronics Association, notes that some of these companies have a lot of bandwidth, but not many customers. TerreStar Corp., for its part has its satellite launched in July and a number of subscribers. And ICO Global Communications, which runs tests on a satellite last year, is not known when they started commercial service.
But TerreStar General Counsel Doug Brandon believes has the company a strong argument for keeping the airwaves: a satellite can provide a critical lifeline in emergencies when other routes and in areas from rural areas where other airlines do not offer services.
If anything, "said Vice President ICO Christopher Doherty, satellite phone companies are ideal partners for mobile phone companies to expand coverage. TerreStar for his part, has a contract for AT & T Inc., the satellite services to sell.
Other possible sources of frequencies there are also agencies that handle everything from emergency communications for the monitoring operations. The Department of Defense, for example, requires the ether for critical installations such as radar, precision guided weapons, and drone aircraft.
The Pentagon has canceled several frequencies and development of technologies that can make more efficient use of the airwaves. He also said he is obligated to find compromises that work for public and commercial sectors, as these do not affect military capabilities.
Karl Nebbia, head of the NTIA Office of Spectrum Management, said that federal authorities to open May to move to different bands, as the government "a major user of commercial services to broadband." But a challenge is to ensure that users are required to move the federal funds - have, including the new equipment that may be paid with proceeds from the auctioning of spectrum.
At the moment, one thing is, everyone agrees that it is not an easy prey in the air.
"There is no open space anywhere," said Kathleen Ham, Vice President of regulatory affairs for T-Mobile.
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