Disruptive Technologies

Wireless Technology/Broadcast/TV Industry

Slides: PDF

Required Readings:

Emma Woollacott. "FCC to write new net neutrality rules," Forbes, February 20, 2014. Forbes
Fiona Harvey, "The Internet in your hands," Scientific American, October 2000. Scientific American

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