We must recognize the role that wireless communications will play in the future and make the radio spectrum available for those services … To put this in perspective, the $10-billion cellular industry grew out of a government decision 20 years ago to allocate just 50 megahertz of spectrum for use by cellular phones.
Predictor: Markey, Edward
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of the Fall, 1993 Issues in Science and Technology article by Rep. Edward J. Markey titled “A Legislative Agenda for Telecommunications.” Markey (D-Mass.), is the chairman of the subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He writes: ”We must recognize the role that wireless communications will play in the future and make the radio spectrum available for those services. To make certain that future products and services will have the radio spectrum they need. I pushed legislation through the House of Representatives earlier this year that would require the federal government to free up 200 megahertz of radio spectrum now reserved for its own use, mostly by the Pentagon, so that it can be used by private industry. To put this in perspective, the $10-billion cellular industry grew out of a government decision 20 years ago to allocate just 50 megahertz of spectrum for use by cellular phones.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Wireless Technologies
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: A Legislative Agenda for Telecommunications
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages 102, 103
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne