Members of Congress and policymakers worry about how...
Members of Congress and policymakers worry about how the licenses awarded in the spectrum auction will be structured and whether that structure will allow for competition and new entrants in the mobile market, wrote Linda Moore, a specialist in telecom…
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policy, in a Dec. 23 Congressional Research Service paper posted recently. “Many policy makers and Members of Congress are concerned, for example, that the current structure of auctions to assign spectrum licenses does not provide enough opportunities for competition or new entrants into mobile communications markets,” she said (http://bit.ly/1a1gcUy). “These concerns include the availability of spectrum for uses such as telemedicine or driverless vehicles.” She said implementing the 2012 Spectrum Act raises questions about how stakeholders structure the incentive auction and how to use spectrum controlled by the government. “Without abandoning competitive auctions, spectrum policy may benefit from including additional ways to assign or manage spectrum that might better serve the deployment of a broader range of wireless technology and the implementation of national policies,” Moore said. “Congress may consider these and other policy options as it evaluates how to meet future spectrum needs."