Freedom Technologies, Inc.
At the Crossroads of Policy and Technology
Capabilities
Freedom Technologies, Inc. features experience in the following areas: [Rollover each area for additional information]
- Spectrum Management PolicyOur firm has seasoned engineers each with more than 35 years of experience in engineering systems support, technical analysis, test support, spectrum policy development, and long term strategic planning. Their collective efforts have focused on streamlining government spectrum management policy, implementing the shared used of spectrum, and supporting national emergencies. The engineering team has strong governmental experience with spectrum management policy and processes, both domestic and foreign as well as engagement with many international organizations including the ITU and World Radio Conferences. Further, our president has served as the Administrator of the US Government's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and was the U.S. Head of Delegation to World Radiocommunication Conference '03.
- Spectrum and Auction Economics PolicyThe FTI team also has experienced analysts who advise clients on national and international radio frequency spectrum. Our specialization includes analysis of wireless markets, advice to the public sector on management and use of spectrum resources, auction design and implementation, and regulatory management of spectrum usage (both commercial and public). FTI has served as an expert advisor, author and editor for the ITU's Telecommunications Development Bureau on these matters. Our staff has authored research for the ITU on topics including a recent article on spectrum pricing and evaluation.
- Spectrum Engineering The firm employs singularly qualified experts who understand the way in which governments have allocated and managed spectrum in the U.S. and worldwide. Its analysts and advisors have provided both government and private sector clients with understanding and application of these processes - engineering systems support, technical analysis, test support and long-term strategic planning.
- Internet PolicyThe firm has analyzed internet policy issues since the internet's infancy. Members of our staff have executive experience working with global internet and web hosting companies. We understand the implications of regulation and the forms of oversight on companies' operations. We have assisted government agencies in formulating their positions on internet governance and other related policy issues.
- Digital Television (DTV) Conversion AnalysisFTI brings extensive regulatory analysis and advocacy experience, both domestic and international, to the digital dividend created by the clearance of airwaves for digital broadcasting. This expertise allows FTI to assist government and private sector clients on matters associated with the DTV transition, including policy issues, consumer benefits and concerns, technology transition considerations, and ways to optimize use of the spectrum as it is cleared.
- Homeland Security/National Security PolicyThe firm has provided strategic guidance to private and government sector clients concerning radio spectrum and a range of communications technologies as they support national security. It has also provided leadership in shaping national rules in the U.S. for a public/private partnership devoted to build-out of a public safety network.
- Government Access, Analysis and Advocacy The firm can provide assistance in dealing with the myriad government agencies overseeing communications, based on its experience, which extends globally to the World Trade Organization, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the World Bank, to the regulatory bodies operating in numerous countries worldwide, and in the United States with all branches of U.S. federal and state government.
- Media RelationsThe firm has provided proactive support and advice concerning outreach efforts to the media, as well as government agencies. The principals have furnished this guidance, including strategic positioning advice, outreach to national and trade press, and recommended talking points and press releases. Our media, industry and government contacts coupled with an in-depth knowledge of emerging industry and regulatory trends, amplify the impact of our clients' public policy positions.
- Regulatory Framework Analysis The firm has expertise on the regulatory framework for deployment of new technologies, including broadband fiber optics and licensed and unlicensed wireless technologies. FTI also features extensive experience in helping countries worldwide to establish new telecommunication regulatory entities, restructure outdated policies, and create new regulatory frameworks.
- Research and Analysis Freedom Technologies has successfully completed numerous projects based on knowledge of industry structure and an understanding of the expanding linkages between telecommunications and mass media technologies and services. The firm has produced technical, regulatory, and market analyses assessing domestic and international telecommunications markets. Freedom Technologies' research and analysis capabilities encompass all the tools necessary to provide comprehensive research and strategic advice to our public and private sector clients.
- TrainingFTI has conducted and helped to coordinate training sessions for U.S. and international clients on effective independent regulation, spectrum management, auction theory and practice, and good corporate and agency governance. In addition, the firm has written extensive training manuals for clients on the processes of international organizations, including the ITU.
- Coalition ManagementThe firm coordinated and led coalition campaigns, managing all elements from strategy development, advocacy, media outreach campaign, and web design, launch and management.
- Grant WritingFreedom Technologies multi-disciplinary team can assist a client in a full range of activities related to developing and preparing a successful grant application, from strategic analysis of grant requirements and criteria, drafting, advising on grant project development, and developing strategic communication plans.
- Corporate Best Practices AnalysisThe firm has applied its expertise and extensive industry contacts in order to advise clients on how best to manage their telecommunication outreach and to organize their operations for success. The company has done extensive benchmarking study, focusing on client-defined issues.
Selected Representative Work
- Postcards from the Information Society: Living with Always-On Technology - A paper presented at the ITU's 10th Global Symposium of Regulators held in Dakar, Senegal
- Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2006: Regulating in the broadband world, 7th Edition
- United States Delegation Report, World Radio Conference 2003
At the Crossroads of Policy and Technology
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