The Connect America Fund (CAF) was born out of the 2010 National Broadband Plan intended to address the digital divide. The fund provides subsidies for broadband infrastructure development in underserved areas across America. A related Mobility Fund (MF) program provides similar funding for mobile deployment. The first subsidies were awarded from these funds in 2012. [...]
The CRTC issued Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2017-112 on April 25, 2017 to “examine matters related to the establishment of the broadband funding regime”. The CRTC is looking for inputs regarding both the governance, evaluation criteria and functioning of this new regime as well as which organizations would be eligible to [...]
2017 will be a busy year in Canada as ISED should launch a new consultation on the upcoming 600 MHz spectrum in anticipation of the closing of the FCC's Incentive Auction. Critical questions will need to be properly addressed including compensation for broadcasters vacating this band. Some countries in Asia-Pacific are also looking at [...]
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. These programs, namely the CRTC’s new broadband fund as well as the [...]
Last November, LYA published the results of an online survey indicating that close to 70% of English Canadian respondents were subscribers to Netflix at that time. The survey also highlighted the negative feedback that could be expected for both Netflix and BDUs if a Cancon tax of the order of $1.50 monthly was added [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]