The Solution For The Bandwidth Shortage? Better Silicon Devices

[NOTE: This post is a reprint of an Op-Ed that ran in the Wall Street Journal on November 15, 2010]By GARY LOCKE and LARRY SUMMERSRarely is there an opportunity to simultaneously catalyze private-sector investment, help create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, and increase much needed government revenue. President Obama is seizing just such an opportunity with his commitment to nearly double the amount of available commercial wireless spectrum over the next 10 years. Today, the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will take the first step by announcing a plan to free up 115 megahertz (MHz) of spectrum.Spectrum is fast becoming a pillar of America's digital infrastructure. It has enabled the mobile broadband revolution. All of our smart phones, netbooks, and the "apps" they support depend on the availability of wireless spectrum.But while demand for America's spectrum resources is increasing at rapid rates—the amount of information flowing over some wireless networks is growing at over 250% per year—there has not been a corresponding increase in supply. This congestion has led to more dropped calls and slower data rates.

Comcast recently announced that video streamed to the XBox from its own on-demand video service would be exempt from the bandwidth caps that apply to Comcast Internet service. Some open Internet advocates worry that the policy will give its own streaming video product an unfair advantage against third-party online video services like Netflix and Hulu. ...

A recent newspaper article on 'what men should know about dating' contained the advice: quot;Switch off your mobile phone when you're on a first date.quot; That rather goes to show the extent to which mobile technology has changed our lives, and not always for the better!  Mobile telephony has been a growth area for the past twenty years.

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Guest post written by James Q. Crowe James Q. Crowe is CEO of Level 3 Communications. "Few technological developments hold as much potential to enhance America?s economic competitiveness, create jobs, and improve the quality of our lives as wireless high-speed access to the Internet. . . .?? Expanded wireless broadband access will trigger the creation ...