À la fin 2016, le gouvernement canadien, le CRTC ainsi que le gouvernement du Québec ont harmonisé leurs objectifs pour l’accès à l’Internet à large bande et ont commencé à travailler main dans la main pour aider à surmonter la fracture numérique à travers le pays. Les détails des nouveaux programmes de subvention pour l’Internet [...]
The Canadian government, CRTC as well as the Quebec government harmonized their objectives for broadband in Canada in late 2016 and started to work "hand in hand" so to speak to continue to bridge the digital divide across the country. Details for new broadband subsidy programs were released at the same time as CRTC issued [...]
Imposing a Canadian content tax on Netflix is a hotly debated issue. Many have proposed to add a Canadian content tax on Netflix service, that would play a similar role to the 5% of revenues that Canadian broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs) contribute to the production of Canadian content. But the industry is evolving rapidly as [...]
LYA conducted an online survey among US consumers that included questions providing insight into the level of interest for self-driving or autonomous vehicles in 2016 and the price points where mass-market penetration could potentially be achieved. The results of our survey support the view that self-driving cars could provide a major market opportunity in the [...]
On October 11, Iceland's Post and Telecom Administration (PTA) released a consultation on the draft terms for an auction of the frequency rights in the 700 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2600 MHz bands. The auction will offer a total of three 2x10 MHz (60 MHz) licenses in the 700 MHz band, three 2x5 MHz (30 MHz) licenses [...]
Major hurdle for US mobile carriers to buy 100 MHz of 600 MHz spectrum. Twice as much as AWS3 bids but for twice as much spectrum.
LYA conducted a survey with respect to connected cars in early 2016. The survey was targeted towards the level of interest of US consumers in features they are looking for in connected cars. There comes a first distinction to be made: a connected car vs. an autonomous or self-driving car. A connected car can be defined [...]
On February 18th, IDA released its framework for an upcoming major spectrum award in Singapore later in 2016. Spectrum in the 700 MHz band, 900 MHz band as well as 2.3GHz and 2.5 GHz bands will be offered. This spectrum award in Singapore is particularly interesting as, in fact, IDA plans two separate auctions including a [...]
Category: Telecom Policy and Regulation Submitted to SSi as part of a further intervention in response to Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2015-134
LYA starts 2016 with a bang at the 5th Annual Americas Spectrum Management Conference on February 2nd and 3rd coupled with a one-day conference on Connected Cars on February 4th. Both events will be held in Washington, D.C. The link to the detailed spectrum conference information is: https://eu-ems.com/summary.asp?event_id=278&page_id=2564. The 5th Annual Americas Spectrum Management Conference brings [...]