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In an earlier post I discussed the FCC’s recent decision to open up 150 MHz of spectrum in the 3550-3700 MHz band for unlicensed “General Authorized Access” usage as the lowest-priority usa...

https://quello.msu.edu/unlicensed-spectrum-more-capacity-flexibility/

In a series of posts over the past two months I’ve discussed a range of initiatives aimed at using unlicensed spectrum to support the growing demand for wireless connectivity. To put these effo...

https://quello.msu.edu/the-fccs-3-5-ghz-tiered-use-plan-paradigm-shift-experiment-or-both/

In a series of posts over the past two months, I’ve looked at efforts by private companies and city governments to use unlicensed spectrum to improve choice, affordability, innovation and servi...

https://quello.msu.edu/detroit-digital-stewards-unlicensed-open-source-neighborhood-networks-pt-1/

Yesterday Google officially announced Project Fi, its much anticipated wireless service, which I’ve previously blogged and tweeted about during its pre-announcement rumor/leak phase. Now that ...

https://quello.msu.edu/project-fi-free-muni-wi-fi-disruption/

In my last post I described Boston’s recently-launched Wicked Free Wi-Fi as a new generation of municipal wireless networks likely to be more successful than the first generation of projects la...

https://quello.msu.edu/linknyc-free-muni-wi-fi-with-big-apple-style-ambition/

In my last post I briefly reviewed the less-than-stellar history of municipal Wi-Fi networks that were deployed roughly a decade ago. As I noted in that post, these projects employed earlier gene...

https://quello.msu.edu/bostons-free-wi-fi-service-leverages-citys-fiber-hud-funds/

So far, this series of blog posts has focused on what private companies are doing in the unlicensed spectrum space—including startups, cable operators, Google and mobile carriers. In the next f...

https://quello.msu.edu/community-wifi-in-the-smartphone-era-lessons-differences-from-the-past/

In a post yesterday I discussed the disruptive potential of Google’s Project Nova. Having just discovered an article by Christopher Williams published last weekend in the UK’s Telegraph, I th...

https://quello.msu.edu/signs-of-googles-global-ambition-for-project-nova/

Though Google has not revealed much in the way of details, the Internet search giant is expected to launch a WiFi/MVNO wireless service sometime in the near future. Based on limited comments from...

https://quello.msu.edu/unlicensed-spectrum-a-look-at-googles-project-nova/

After writing two posts on potential carrier use of LTE technology in unlicensed spectrum (see here and here), I came across some information that helps clarify the functionality of and relations...

https://quello.msu.edu/some-clarification-on-lte-in-unlicensed-spectrum/