Exclusive Home Theater Experiences Drive Customer Loyalty, Transcend Economy     by David Goodwin       Home         Topics: Main | ServiceProvider | LTE | 3G | WiMax | HSDPA | IMS | ICDMA | GSM | Silicon for Wireless | Fixed Wireless |  Start-ups | People | Europe | Wireless Start-up Directory | Links & Resources | Archive   FCC Classifies Wireless Broadband as an Information Service The FCC declared that wireless broadband Internet access service is an information service under the Communications Act -- putting it on the same regulatory footing as other broadband services, such as cable modem service, wireline broadband (DSL) Internet access service, and Broadband over Power Line (BPL). Wireless broadband Internet access service is defined as a service that uses spectrum, wireless facilities, and wireless technologies to provide subscribers with high speed Internet access capabilities. Wireless broadband Internet access service can be provided using mobile, portable, or fixed technologies, and wireless broadband technologies can transmit data over short, medium, or long ranges. Specifically, the FCC ruling finds that the transmission component underlying wireless broadband Internet access service is "telecommunications," and that the provision of this telecommunications transmission component as part of a functionally integrated wireless Internet access service is an information service. The FCC said this approach is consistent with the framework that the Commission already has established for cable modem service, wireline broadband Internet access service, and BPL-enabled Internet access service, thus furthering the goal of regulating like services in a similar manner. The FCC also found that wireless broadband Internet access service using mobile technologies is not a "commercial mobile service," as that term is defined in the Act and implemented in the FCC's rules. http://www.fcc.gov 22-Mar-07 No video on this topic yet.. contact us to present your views. Recent Broadband Wireless News Motorola Unveils "Carbon Neutral" Mobile Phone Made from Recycled Plastic 1/6/2009 Motorola Supplies WiMAX Devices, Infrastructure in Portland 1/6/2009 RipCode Raises $12.5 Million for Mobile Transcoding 1/6/2009 Clearwire Launches WiMAX in Portland -- up to 6 Mbps Downlink 1/6/2009 China's State Council Issues 3G Licenses 1/5/2009 Nortel Supplies CDMA 1xEV-DO Rev A to American Samoa 12/17/2008 Sprint to Launch 3G/4G Dual-Mode Mobile Broadband Service 12/17/2008 Sprint Launches Open Location Platforms 12/17/2008 The GSM Association Appoints VimpelCom CEO as Chairman 12/17/2008 Cypress and Legend Silicon Develop DTV Dongle for China 12/16/2008 Sierra Wireless Debuts HSPA Card for 7.2 Mbps Downloads 12/16/2008 Sprint Measures Mobile Usage and Spending Trends in Tough Economy 12/16/2008 Skyworks Introduces FDD/TDD Power Amplifier for LTE 12/16/2008 China Mobile Plans Phase Two of TD-SCDMA Trial 12/16/2008 Mformation's MDM to Support Nokia 12/16/2008 > More news...   Search  this site   Search the Web Get Your Column Published Exclusive Home Theater Experiences Drive Customer Loyalty, Transcend Economy by David Goodwin The Dream of Ubiquitous Connectivity: Voice and Video in Every IP Device by Tom Flanagan Hardware Semaphores Ensure Smooth Sailing for Multicore Systems by Arnon Friedmann Defining the Layers of Wireless Ethernet -- also known as Mobile Broadband by Erik Boch The Standards-based Case for IMS by Michael H. Cooper The Virtual Machine Tsunami by Billy Marshall