Saturday, November 20, 2010

Spectrum Allocation Issues


The communications spectrum includes the range of electromagnetic radiation frequencies hat are used in the wireless communication systems.  Mobile communications use far less powerful transmitters than that of broadcasters on the radio.  Society must decide how to allocate scarce resources, such as the communications spectrum, to compelling interests. 

The growing reliance on the information infrastructure makes society increasingly vulnerable to technical disruption of telecommunications providers.  If anything goes wrong digitally, too many people will not know what to do.  They have gotten so reliant on technology that they cannot live without them.

Advanced digital technology also poses barriers to the legitimate electronic surveillance needs of law enforcement officials while at the same time raising the specter of excessive snooping on ordinary citizens.  Today, it is extremely easy for someone to find out any kind of information about a person by using different types of media.  These types include the Internet and tapping into various frequencies of radios or phones.  This poses a threat to everyone’s personal information.

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