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Spectrum & Wireless Episodes

April 28, 2022

Evan Kwerel on the Origins of Spectrum Auctions

Today, we are delighted to have as our guest, Evan Kwerel, who is Senior Economic Advisor at the Federal Communications Commission. The impact of Evan's career at the FCC was recognized last year, when he was awarded the 2021 Paul …

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Dec. 16, 2019

Ligado Networks' President and CEO Doug Smith and Chief Legal Officer…

Doug Smith is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ligado Networks and is responsible for directing the vision of the company and managing every aspect of its day to day operations. With more than 25 years of domestic and …

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Dec. 9, 2019

Bryan Tramont of Wilkinson Barker Knauer on C-Band and the Future of …

Bryan Tramont is Managing Partner of Wilkinson Barker Knauer, a top tier law firm according to Chambers and Legal 500 Bryan offers strategic counsel to Fortune 100 companies, trade associations, small and midsize telecommunications and media companies, on all aspects …

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Nov. 25, 2019

Telecom and Spectrum in Mexico with Judith Mariscal

Judith Mariscal is a professor at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) and Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Center for Latin America. She's a leading telecommunications scholar and easily the most knowledgeable and thoughtful person on telecom …

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June 5, 2019

What’s the Answer to the C-Band Conundrum?

To maximize spectrum’s value, it must be able to transition to new uses as technologies emerge. The C-Band includes 500 MHz of particularly desirable spectrum between 3.7 and 4.2 GHz that is currently allocated for satellite use. Given fast-growing wireless …

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March 30, 2018

The Political Spectrum: The Hazletts and the Haz Nots? with Thomas Ha…

Today we continue our conversation with special guest, Professor Thomas Hazlett. Professor Hazlett is the H.H. Macauley Endowed Professor of Economics at Clemson University. He will talk about his book, The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from …

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Feb. 16, 2018

Incentive Auctions and Spectrum Thoughts

On this podcast, we have focused on topics ranging from the definition of broadband to infrastructure broadly and what it means for telecommunications, the Universal Service Fund and rural broadband access. Today, we will continue to tackle the meta-issues in …

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