The Week with Roger

0:26: The Chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai, has announced his resignation. 

1:20: Chairman Pai’s Infrastructure Order and how it reduced restrictions on municipally owned infrastructure.

3:10: Spectrum auctions under Pai’s leadership.

5:14: Chairman Pai’s most controversial accomplishment: the repeal of the Title 2 Net Neutrality. 

6:32: Speculations about what the new administration will do regarding Net Neutrality.

7:40: Approval of the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile, a brief history of it, and what that merger has meant for the telecom industry landscape.

11:00: DISH  enters wireless through spectrum purchases and the purchase of Boost.

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner welcome special guest Dominique Lazanski to the show to discuss internet standards and big tech.

0:45: The distinction between the application and network layer and how network protocols can be influenced by large tech companies.

2:00: Dominique shares insights from her work on protocols co-authored with Mark McFadden.

3:58: Discussion about DNS over HTTPS.

6:30: The conflation between encryption and privacy.

7:09: DNS over HTTPS can disable content filters and why this is potentially harmful.

8:45: Can the information collected by the DNS servers be used to profit off web activity of everyday consumers?

10:00: The death of the cookie and its implications.

10:40: How individuals and organizations can influence development of internet protocols.

13:01: How Internet governing bodies manage individual/corporate influence over particular standards. 

16:08: The amount of governmental oversight or policy-makers involved in the standard-making.

Dominique's Website: https://lplltd.com/

0:27: Possible changes to regulatory bodies if Joe Biden becomes president.

3:51: Policy changes that are likely under a Biden/Democrat-controlled FCC.

5:50: Expansion of rural broadband access and internet subsidy programs.

8:46: A quick history of Lifeline and where it could be going.

10:10: Other things to be aware of in the transition from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration.

0:28: T-Mobile announces Q3 numbers.

2:43: Project 10 Million in a nutshell.

3:53: Are Sprint customers leaving after T-Mobile’s acquisition?

4:27: T-Mobile's TVision.

6:14: Breakdown of DISH’s earnings call.

7:59: Description of and discussion of network slicing. 

9:10: AT&T’s unique approach to education and how it’s unique among the carriers.

T-Mobile’s Earnings Report can be found here: https://investor.t-mobile.com/financial-performance/quarterly-results/default.aspx

0:30: Vodafone announced its frontrunners in regard to OpenRAN.

2:20: AT&T and the benefits of OpenRAN.

5:30: New players in the wireless network Ecosphere and what that means for small and large companies.

0:30: T-Mobile’s Un-carrier announcement.

3:13: TVision in a nutshell.

5:00: Discussion about content creators versus distributors and how they work.

8:45: Comcast’s revenues shift from linear TV to broadband.

11:30: T-Mobile’s aspirations to compete with the MSOs.

0:30: News from Verizon: their quarterly earnings report is out.

3:55: CBRS Band and the difference between 4G & 5G.

5:00: Discussion of dynamic spectrum.

6:35: News from AT&T: their quarterly earnings report is out.

9:14: AT&T’s market strategy with iPhone 12.

11:35:  Discussion of AT&T’s debt refinancing

13:39:  AT&T’s multi-purpose fiber runs.

Verizon’s report:  https://www.verizon.com/about/investors

AT&T’s report:  https://investors.att.com/financial-reports/quarterly-earnings/2020

0:30: News from Apple: Four new iPhone models and how they will perform on 5G networks.

2:20: Verizon’s usage scenario for their 5G network & spectrum.

4:50: Millimeter wave discussion.

5:20: Analysis of AT&T’s spectrum position.

5:50: Analysis of T-Mobile’s spectrum position.

7:00: Innovation of new apps.

7:55: Price & offer comparison of Apple’s new devices between carriers.

11:40: Is this a super-cycle phone?

0:30: House Judiciary Committee Report on Competition in the digital markets.

4:38: Defining “the market”.

6:17: The level of fear the companies instilled in partners/companies.

7:18: Epic versus Apple. 

8:00: Fair compensation.

8:54: What possible actions and their results that could be coming as a result of this report in the United States and abroad.

Full Report:

https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/editorialfiles/2020/10/06/investigation_of_competition_in_digital_markets_majority_staff_report_and_recommendations.pdf

Minority Response to the Report

https://buck.house.gov/sites/buck.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/Buck%20Report.pdf

0:30: Differences between software-defined networking and traditional wireless networking.

2:40: Rakuten Mobile in Japan launched a software-defined 5G network, what this means for Rakuten.  

3:50: How the different components are being assembled for Rakuten and how they are being orchestrated. 

7:40 Implications of software-defined networks for U.S. companies.