Paul Mitchell

One step closer to TV white spaces access and preserving the open Internet

- Paul Mitchell - General Manager, Technology Policy Group, Microsoft

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission established a portion of the regulatory framework necessary to foster the development of a commercial domestic market for unlicensed devices operating in the TV white spaces as part of its Report and Order that makes television broadcast frequencies in the 600 MHz spectrum band available for wireless broadband use. The reorganized 600 MHz band plan calls for: · One full (6 MHz) TV white Read more »

NETmundial – Multi-stakeholder Internet governance moves forward

- Paul Mitchell - General Manager, Technology Policy Group, Microsoft

Today, NETmundial, a global multi-stakeholder meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, wrapped up in São Paulo, Brazil. NETmundial proved to be an excellent forum for gathering insights from stakeholders in an inclusive, global and transparent way. NETmundial added momentum to efforts to strengthen the Internet governance ecosystem as a whole, although there is more work to be done. This is particularly important as we begin the process towards the Read more »

Rebalancing the data asymmetry

- Paul Mitchell - General Manager, Technology Policy Group, Microsoft

A combination of ubiquitous data, analytics and machine learning is ushering in a transition from the information economy to a knowledge economy – where growth is driven primarily by the production of new ideas, insights, and knowledge. However, data-driven economies are reliant on a dependable supply of data to be sustainable. The current imbalance between the amount of data about individuals held by or accessible to institutions, and the inability Read more »