FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski “got it absolutely correct” in comments...
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski “got it absolutely correct” in comments going beyond spectrum staring made after Friday’s FCC meeting on the nation’s spectrum policy (CD Aug 6 p8), AT&T Vice President Joan Marsh said in a blog post Monday. …
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Genachowski said he wanted to make clear he still favors clearing spectrum for auction, where appropriate. “He correctly noted that it’s not ‘an either/or choice’ -- we will likely need to rely on both models to unlock the full value of our nation’s scarce spectrum resources,” Marsh wrote (http://xrl.us/bnjm7w). “We agree and support the FCC’s direction on spectrum policy. The Commission has long led the way in acknowledging the spectrum challenges our nation faces. The National Broadband Plan was the first major policy document to recognize the need to allocate significant new bands for commercial use -- and the dire consequences if its goal of an additional 500 MHz of spectrum wasn’t met. The FCC has also demonstrated the will to address barriers to efficient spectrum use, as evidenced in its ongoing efforts to rationalize for mobile broadband use the MSS S-band and the currently under-utilized WCS band."