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Stanford’s Gregory Rosston provides his insights to the net neutrality debate in a policy brief he recently prepared for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.

TAP scholars have been studying wireless spectrum issues since before the FCC began to use auctions as a way to assign the right to use spectrum (in the 1990s). Included in this post are select articles to help explain some of the tech-policy issues with spectrum allocation, auctions, and policies.

Stanford scholar Gregory Rosston, an expert on competition in local telecommunications, auctions, and spectrum policy, released a paper earlier this year that examines the supply of wireless spectrum capacity. In addition, “Increasing Wireless Value: Technology, Spectrum, and Incentives” proposes ways for the government to promote spectrum efficiency.

The future of Internet-driven innovation remains a difficult topic to assess. This weekend, the Silicon Flatiron Center will look at innovation in the Internet environment with their conference, “The Digital Broadband Migration: The Future of Internet-Enabled Innovation.” Live stream will be available.

The explosion in demand for mobile and wireless devices like tablets and smartphones is driving policymakers to consider how to make more spectrum available for the growing array of wireless services. The spectrum used by wireless devices area is one portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. In 2011, policymakers will consider a number of proposals to reform the way that the increasingly crowded spectrum is managed.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that Gregory Rosston will serve as Senior Economists for Transactions to work on the Commission's reviews of the AT&T-T-Mobile and AT&T-Qualcomm transactions.

Key take-aways from Greg Rosston’s brief on the AT&T proposed acquisition of T-Mobile.

Everyone agrees that the Internet has become an important factor in economic growth and innovation. The debate over net neutrality concerns whether legally enforceable rules are needed to keep the Internet “open” to innovation by end users, either individual consumers or firms like Amazon.com and Google. This post looks at the FCC’s recent Open Internet Order, and what the impact may be on businesses and consumers.

Since the explosive growth of wireless services and technologies began with cellular telephone service in the 1970s, the Federal Communications Commission has been busy with wireless regulatory matters, from auctions to the “white space.” As the agency welcomes 2011, several developments are expected to affect wireless in the near future, from Internet access to broadcasting.