Last Friday ushered in the holiday shopping season, and while consumers were clamoring for the best bargain, this year they had a new tool in their artillery - their cell phone.

With an array of smartphone choices from the Palm Pre to the iPhone, several new Blackberry models, and...

There are many busy people in Washington these days - few more so than FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. He's just passed the midway point in his ambitious effort to deliver a National Broadband Plan to Congress. He's launched a major proceeding to examine the state of wireless. And, tomorrow he's...

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski made news today announcing his intent to open a regulatory inquiry into the merits of imposing so-called 'net neutrality' rules on the wireless sector. The move adds another high-stakes conversation on top of a broad inquiry into the future of wireless and the methodical, inclusive...

Ask someone who the biggest users of data services are on mobile phones, and you'll get predictable answers including Gen X, Gen Y, and businesspeople. All true, but there's a far more interesting - and overlooked - group to add: Hispanic Americans. That raises a key issue for upcoming Congressional...

At its meeting tomorrow, the FCC is expected to vote to commence a broad review of America's wireless sector. This is a terrific opportunity for the new Commission to take a fresh, comprehensive and clear-eyed look at a wide range of issues with high-stakes implications for our nation's economy, innovation...

The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to take a closer look at several aspects of the U.S. wireless market. While hardly an encouraging signal to mobile technology innovators, one bright spot in these developments has been the firm, public commitment of Chairman Julius Genachowski to "fact-based and data-driven" decisions.

Against...

August is typically a quiet time in Washington, as it is throughout the country. But underneath the deceptively calm surface, high-stakes debates are roiling about the fall agenda: stimulating our economy and creating jobs, reducing health care costs while expanding coverage, addressing global climate change and more.

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Anyone concerned about bridging the digital divide should be as fascinated with this week's Pew Internet report as Charles Darwin was with the Galapagos.

The report, based on an April survey of almost 2,300 adults, looks at the growing popularity of the mobile Internet. Its overall conclusion: Mobile...

Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously cleared a bill requiring the FCC and the Commerce Department to conduct annual audits of our wireless airwaves. The goal is to create a better, more efficient use of the nation's radio spectrum.

If you want to know why Congress desperately needs to...

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:...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....