One of the key Internet values which makes open source possible is open spectrum. Unlicensed frequencies, linked to the Internet, have been among the greatest economic boons of this decade. The 802.11 ...

The powerful Progress & Freedom Foundation, which is heavily funded by the Bell companies, Microsoft, and other members of the proprietary software and content space, has issued a report that says ...

Kevin Werbach is an independent technology analyst that advises companies and writes about emerging technologies in communications, media, and software. The former editor of Release 1.0, he also ...

Lee Gomes's Boomtown column appears in the print and online Wall Street Journal every Monday. Readers' letters appear here Fridays. Lee writes:Monday's column was about something called the Open ...

A revolution is brewing in wireless. In an industry speech in October, FCC chair Michael Powell expressed support for a radical idea called open spectrum that could transform the communications ...

Editor, Opinion, The Economic Times. Beyond the joy of nailing a villain, what is the fallout, if any, from the telecom scandal that has taken a minister’s scalp, transfixed Parliament and thrown ...

RALEIGH – Large tech companies such as Facebook, Google, and Apple that buy megawatts of data monthly have dedicated teams that map the data center marketplace. They know the cost of power, of labor, ...

ARCEP, the French telecommunications regulator, has launched a public consultation into the use of open, unlicensed spectrum for a variety of unspecified short-range wireless communications that it ...

Over at ZDNet, Kevin Werbach suggests a cure for bandwidth blues that looks as subversive and fundamental as both the Internet and Linux. It's called Open Spectrum. Here's how he draws the big picture ...