Jonathan Spalter is the Chairman of Mobile Future, a broad-based coalition of businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals interested in and dedicated to advocating for an environment in which innovations in wireless technology and services are enabled and encouraged.

Prior to joining Mobile Future, Spalter founded the independent investment research company, Public Insight, and was CEO of Snocap, the digital music licensing and company founded by the creators of Napster.

Spalter has also held senior management roles at the Paris headquarters of Vivendi Universal, the global media, telecommunications, and entertainment group. During the Clinton/Gore Administration, Spalter was associate director of the US Information Agency, where he also was appointed chief information officer. He also served in the White House as the director of public affairs for the National Security Council staff, and chief international affairs spokesman and speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore.

Blog Entries by Jonathan Spalter

Why Derail the Mobile Revolution?

2 Comments | Posted July 9, 2009 | 10:27 AM (EST)


Call it a "Mobile Revolution."

This year's parade of cool new wireless products is beyond doubt the greatest, most diverse series of product launches in wireless history. Apple's new operating system (OS) and new iPhone are the obvious places to start, but look at everything else coming to market:...

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National Broadband: The Mobile Opportunity

1 Comments | Posted June 8, 2009 | 02:00 PM (EST)


Is Internet policy moving to the Administration's front burner? It's starting to look that way and that means big opportunities for the American public. First, on May 29, the president addressed the issue head-on, releasing a report on U.S. cybersecurity and repeating his commitment to improving affordable broadband access....

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America's Mobile Tipping Point

2 Comments | Posted May 22, 2009 | 01:26 PM (EST)


You know the mobile phone industry is changing for the better when a seasonal roll-out of new products attracts the kind of buzz usually found at the sports books in Las Vegas during March Madness.

The next few weeks will see an unprecedented unveiling of new mobile...

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It Is Easy Being Green

1 Comments | Posted April 22, 2009 | 11:06 AM (EST)


Earth Day is a time to celebrate environmental awareness and progress in environmental initiatives. But as many say, Earth Day is everyday. There are many ways we, collectively and as individuals, can help reduce, reuse, and recycle, promoting green standards in our lives and businesses. And technology is here to...

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Congress Taking on Cell Taxes

Posted March 23, 2009 | 03:22 PM (EST)


Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Trent Franks (R-AZ) recently introduced a bill in Congress which could positively impact the millions of consumers of wireless communications in the U.S. and increase the job security of hundreds of thousands of mobile and wireless industry workers. The Cell Tax Fairness Act would prohibit...

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A new leader at the FCC

Posted March 5, 2009 | 01:33 PM (EST)


Given the enormous role the FCC can play for ensuring not only the vitality and health of our nations' communications sector, but also the reasonable interests of the American consumers who support it, the announcement that Julius Genachowski will be nominated for FCC chair comes not a moment too soon....

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"Wireless Woodstock" Comes to Washington

Posted January 22, 2009 | 03:28 PM (EST)


It's a new day and things will never again be the same.

No, I'm not talking about the new Administration since others at HuffPo have already captured that moment's magic. Instead I'm talking about the inauguration itself. Matt Richtel at The New York Times had it right...

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Memo for the Incoming Federal CTO

Posted December 15, 2008 | 03:28 PM (EST)


The incoming Obama-Biden Administration is pledging "a new level of transparency, accountability and participation for America's citizens." It's also promising greater international cooperation to solve common problems.

So here's a suggestion to the administration's incoming CTOs and CIOs that can address both worthy goals simultaneously: Start implementing the...

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Mobile Technology Will Change the Election Day Experience

Posted October 31, 2008 | 01:42 PM (EST)


On Tuesday, November 4, Americans will go to the polls to cast their votes on Election Day. However, with high voter interest, millions of new voters, new rules and new voting technology, the day could be a little chaotic. In past elections, we've heard reports of long lines and other...

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Mobile Innovation and Global Development

Posted October 23, 2008 | 10:23 AM (EST)


If Tom Kalil has his way, mobile technology and services will be at the heart of American global development policy.

So says his visionary and timely new report, "Harnessing the Mobile Revolution," published recently by NDN, the innovative Washington D.C. policy group.

The next Administration, says Kalil, a...

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How Mobile Technologies are Changing Elections

Posted October 15, 2008 | 05:49 PM (EST)


Anyone who wonders where mobile technology is taking America's elections should have heard Casey O'Shea talk this week about the political power of mobile technology.

At a symposium sponsored by Mobile Future, the National Field Director for the DCCC talked of a recent trip to Taiwan....

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Obama's Mobile Moment

Posted August 23, 2008 | 12:20 PM (EST)


2008-08-23-obamaSMS.jpgIf your cell phone was on silent early this morning, you just might have missed an alert for history in the making.

When Barack Obama announced Joe Biden as his choice for Vice President in a text message to supporters, it was a landmark...

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