Resource Center – M2Z Networks

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Here you will find a collection of publications, links and files that relate to both M2Z Networks and the broadband wireless marketplace in the United States. Though some of the materials in this center have been authored by M2Z, many have been written by journalists, professors and other authorities in the telecommunications field.

Sen. Corker questions FCC Inaction on Broadband (Video: 4:52)
Senator Bob Corker questions FCC Commissioners Copps and Adelstein about the opportunity at the FCC to permit the private sector to build a ubiquitous free wireless broadband network.
M2Z on CNN (Video: 5:29)
CNN invites M2Z CEO John Muleta to discuss the FCC dismissal of M2Z’s plan and the FCC’s continued delay to decide if America deserves free wireless broadband.
M2Z Goes to Washington (Video: 5:16)
M2Z CEO John Muleta Testifies before Congress, April 19, 2007, at the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
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Company News

08-12-2008M2Z Asks the FCC to Reject Requests for a Fifth AWS-3 Spectrum Test
Calls for More Testing is a Delay Tactic for Phone Companies wanting to Block Free Internet Broadband Service
07-28-2008M2Z Press Release T-Mobile in Czech Republic
T-Mobile’s AWS-3 Interference Claims in the U.S. Undercut by Its Successful Wireless Broadband Network in the Czech Republic
09-25-2007FCC Fiddles as Broadband Stalls
Prepared remarks of John B. Muleta, Co-Founder and CEO, M2Z Networks, Inc. WiMAX World Conference & Expo. September 25 & 26, 2007.
08-29-2007Background on M2Z’s Free & Family Friendly Nationwide Broadband Service Proposal
The Recent Comments from Family Values Advocates In Support of M2Z, and the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition Raising Constitutional Concerns
08-29-2007M2Z Application Appendix 3
M2Z’s Commitment To Protect Minors From Indecent Material On M2z’s Network
07-20-2007Free Broadband to Jackson
M2Z Networks CEO John Muleta joined the Jackson City Council, staff of the Mississippi Congressional Delegation, and state and local civic leaders to discuss the importance of affordable broadband and what is currently being done to bring it to Jackson, Mississippi.
06-06-2007M2Z Launches Broadband Challenge
On June 6, 2007, M2Z launched the “M2Z Broadband Challenge,” a nationwide grant program to provide broadband modems so America’s under-served communities may connect to M2Z’s planned network. M2Z has pledged to match up to $10 million in funds raised by non-profit organizations.
04-19-2007Poll Shows Strong Support for M2Z Networks’ Free Broadband Proposal
A recent nationwide showed strong, bipartisan support for M2Z Networks’ free wireless broadband proposal. Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed supported the FCC’s licensing of spectrum to provide free broadband across the country. Those surveyed were especially supportive of M2Z’s commitments to serve low-income Americans, children and to support our first responders.
04-19-2007M2Z CEO John Muleta Testifies Before Congress
Read John Muleta’s prepared remarks before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
03-28-2007New Study Finds FCC Spectrum Auctions Prone to Anti-Competitive Behavior
A study conducted by Professor Simon Wilkie and filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 26, 2007 finds that the FCC’s use of auctions for assigning spectrum licenses could be subject to anti-competitive behavior by incumbent carriers.
03-23-2007Silicon Valley Backed Plan to Provide Free Broadband Service Pending at the FCC for Nearly One Year
A study conducted by Dr. Kostas Liopiros, former Telecommunications Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, finds that each year of delay in approving M2Z’s license application results in a reduction in consumer benefit by $4.7 billion dollars.
03-02-2007FCC Considering Silicon Valley-based M2Z Networks Plan to Save American Taxpayers Up to $25 Billion
Professor Simon Wilkie, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Center for Communication Law and Policy at the Annenberg Center at the University of Southern California conducted a study which concludes that benefits to the American taxpayer could total $18 to $25 billion if the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approves the plan submitted by M2Z Networks to build a family-friendly wireless nationwide broadband network.
02-27-2007California Association for Local Economic Development Endorses M2Z Networks’ Plan to Build Nationwide Broadband Network
The California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) called upon the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow Menlo Park-based M2Z Networks to begin offering its family-friendly wireless nationwide broadband network free to the public in a letter signed by chair Paul Sardena.

Studies

03-26-2007Spectrum Auctions Are Not A Panacea
A study performed by Dr. Simon Wilkie, former chief economist at the FCC and current head of the University of Southern California Center for Communications Law and Policy, reviews past auction results and finds that auctions do not work in all circumstances to secure for the public the benefits of the efficient use of spectrum as the law requires the FCC to do.
03-23-2007The Value of M2Z Networks’ Public Interest Commitments and the Cost of Delay to American Consumers
A study conducted by a former Telecommunications Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, Dr. Kostas Liopiros, calculates the consumer benefit of M2Z’s pending license application at $32.4 billion. Dr. Liopiros further concludes that a one year delay in M2Z’s entry into the market will cost the public by $4.7 billion in direct consumer benefit.
03-02-2007The Consumer Welfare Impact of M2Z Networks Inc.’s Wireless Broadband Proposal
Study by Professor Simon Wilkie, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Center for Communication Law and Policy at the Annenberg Center at the University of Southern California, which concludes that the FCC’s approval of M2Z Networks’ pending license application would increase consumer welfare by 18-25 billion dollars.
Author: Simon Wilkie, Ph.D.
12-13-2006Communicating Effectively When Disaster Strikes
Posted on: Aug. 7, 2006
This paper examines how M2Z Networks’ proposed nationwide commercial wireless IP network could be a resilient, durable and dynamic component to the communication system when disaster strikes.
Author: M2Z Networks, Inc

Wireless Industry In the News

07-28-2008M2Z Press Release T-Mobile in Czech Republic
T-Mobile’s AWS-3 Interference Claims in the U.S. Undercut by Its Successful Wireless Broadband Network in the Czech Republic