High Tech Policy
Statement on the Senate Judiciary Committee Passage of Immigration Bill
The immigration bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee last night represents a major step forward on high-skilled worker reform. Our nation has a strong culture of immigration, and we need to do more to encourage, the best, the brightest, and the most ambitious minds from around the world…
Broadband for Development: Taking it to the Next Level
The United Nation’s (UN) Broadband Commission for Digital Development has clearly demonstrated the link between broadband and achieving the UN’s eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The UN set out these important goals for global development in 2000 with a target for 2015. With one thousand da…
Statement on New FCC Proceeding on Spectrum
“In opening this new proceeding, the FCC will conduct a rigorous and technical examination of whether Wi-Fi technologies can successfully use spectrum that is not in use today without causing harmful interference to existing, or future, radio systems that operate in the same frequency block. …
Privacy and Security in the Age of the Internet of Everything
Cisco today released an important new report on the intrinsic and economic value of the transition to the Internet of Everything. The study, entitled “Embracing the Internet of Everything to Capture Your Share of $14.4 Trillion,” details major market-making opportunities for business and industry o…
VNI Shift Driven by Smartphone Adoption and Offloading to Wi-Fi
For the fifth year, Cisco has released its updated Mobile Visual Networking Index Forecast. This year, we’ve seen dramatic changes in consumer behavior as well as continued explosive growth in mobile data. Global mobile traffic grew 70% in 2012 and traffic is forecast to rise 13 times between 2012…
Global Mobile VNI Reveals Shift in Consumers Usage of Mobile Devices
Cisco’s 2013 Global Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) once again shows that mobile networking traffic continues to rise. Big picture: by 2017, global mobile data traffic will reach unprecedented levels of 11.1 exabytes per month. That’s the highest projection we’ve ever made in the Global Mob…
Shifting Focus in Trade Agreements: Boosting Supply Chain Efficiency to Grow Global GDP
Last week, the World Economic Forum (WEF), in collaboration with the World Bank and Bain & Company, issued the report, “Enabling Trade: Valuing Growth Opportunities.” The report concluded that reducing supply chain barriers in two key areas – border administration and transportation and telecom…
Breaking the Broadband Bottleneck: NTIA Spectrum Sharing Report
Last week, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a report to Congress concerning proposals to expand commercial spectrum sharing opportunities with government and other systems operating at 5 GHz. This is a direct result of landmark Congressional action last…
Standards Play a Vital Role in Fueling Innovation
On Tuesday morning I was honored to represent Cisco in a roundtable discussion sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) about the role of the federal government in standards. (Watch the webcast here.) Standards play a vital role in fueling innovation, promoting competi…