CAP y COFETEL

Computech’s support of Mexico’s Comisión Federal De Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL) spans more than a decade. Since customizing a licensed version of the FCC’s automated auction system in the late 90′s, we’ve served as the sole auction solution provider to COFETEL.  Over the years, we’ve expanded our relationship with the regulator to provide auction policy and design consulting services in addition to auction system services.  Today, our firm serves as the service provider for COFETEL’s entire spectrum auction program.

I wanted to provide that background as an introduction to this afternoon’s entry.  With a number of recent posts highlighting our support of the FCC — or detailing European spectrum management issues — a pleasant shift in focus to our friends from the south.  This May, Computech’s auction team initiated two parallel auctions — Auction 20 & Auction 21 — on-site with the COFETEL auction team and auction participants.  To run the auctions, COFETEL used our auction platform, CAP, and relied on our auction team to act as an extension of their department.

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« CAP y COFETEL — Odds + Ends »

Odds + Ends

A hodgepodge of thoughts + links to share on yet another brutally hot and humid Washington, D.C. day…

Last month, Katie Fallet posted a piece about an application we designed + developed for the FCC that fosters communication between American Indian Tribes + government agencies: the Tower Construction Notification System (TCNS).  Yesterday afternoon, I learned the real origins of the system: it was conceived as an online chat room.  Yes, in the pre-blog days, the FCC had a forward-looking plan to provide an online destination for Tribes to share thoughts and ideas with the agency.  When security concerns arose, so too did TCNS as an alternative, more secure, means to increase communication with Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs)…

…If you’re a regular follower of #Concomitantly, you probably recall a series of spectrum-related posts I added from London and Brussels a few weeks ago.  Since landing in D.C., I’ve been reminded that EU members aren’t the only ones looking at spectrum allocation as a means to spur economic recovery.  Case-in-point: the White House recently laid out plans to dramatically increase the amount of federal and commercial spectrum available for smart phones and wireless Internet.  Freeing up 500 MHz of spectrum like the White House directed last week?  Our Operations Research team on assignment at the FCC is already on it.  In fact, we’re building a model of the spectrum used by television stations to identify spectrum availability; as of now, approximately 120 MHz has been ID’d…

…Was it really less six months ago that we were digging out of “snow-maggedon III?”  Terrible, really, to slog ones way to work on the metro here in D.C. without even a hint of a breeze.  Even more so when our subway system doesn’t seem to run on any real/predictable schedule.  I wonder if we can help optimize our travel experience; after all, most operations research involve the construction of a mathematical model to describe important relationships.  In this case, I think keeping passengers cool — and not waiting on steamy platforms — meets the criteria, don’t you?

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Camaraderie + Computech

Whoever came up with the proverb – all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy – was clearly onto something… Here at Computech, we’re a hard working crew spread across several client sites and locations around the Washington DC area. But we don’t passively fall victim to the timeless adage above and call it a day. We do something about it!

Come June of each year, Computech’s CEO J.D. Murphy, invites all staff to Lucky Strike, a hip, upscale bowling lounge with the following in mind: provide a fun environment to generate new relationships + solidify old, stir creativity, and show off bowling skills + hidden talents that may only come out of dormancy 1x/year. Lessons learned: 1). never judge a co-worker’s bowling skills before you actually see them and 2). some will always be all talk and no game.

This past Tuesday we proved we could accomplish all three.  We mixed, mingled, ate, drank, and bowled countless ten-pin games, racking up a few scores of 300 errr 130?  Oh, and we had a few lucky strikes.

Fact? Employee morale goes a long way.

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, these will be most telling!

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