FCC Kills M2Z’s Free Broadband Plan
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, August 27, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) notified M2Z Networks, Inc. (M2Z) and its Silicon Valley investors including Kleiner Perkins, Charles River Ventures, and Redpoint Ventures, that it has terminated the AWS-3 spectrum (2155-2180 MHz) public interest rulemaking, thereby closing off the possibility of providing free nationwide broadband service in the United States for the foreseeable future. The FCC has been considering M2Z's proposal for a free nationwide broadband network using AWS-3 since 2006. This decision reverses the FCC's National Broadband Plan commitment to finalize the AWS-3 spectrum rulemaking in the fourth quarter of 2010 and for the spectrum to be auctioned by the second quarter of 2011. The FCC's AWS-3 rulemaking, pending since 2007, consisted of three key issues: A requirement that the AWS-3 licensee provide free broadband service to at least 95% of the U.S. population in order to address the digital divide; A requirement
FCC Kills M2Z’s Free Broadband Plan
The prospect of a national, free, but low-bandwidth wireless broadband network, promoted by M2Z Networks, has been killed by the FCC, reports Wireless Week. The main objection was that signals ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from dailywireless.org
FCC Terminates AWS-3 Rulemaking to Auction Spectrum with Free Broadband Requirement; Breaks National Broadband Plan Commitment
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, August 27, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) notified M2Z Networks, Inc. (M2Z) and its Silicon Valley investors including Kleiner ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from RedOrbit
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