”The stakes are high” as the FCC moves forward on...
"The stakes are high” as the FCC moves forward on rules for the world’s first incentive auction of broadcast spectrum, said T-Mobile Vice President Kathleen Ham in a Thursday blog post (http://xrl.us/bodxqu). “If all goes well, the auction can serve…
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as a model for competition and getting encumbered spectrum efficiently redeployed for wireless broadband use,” she said. “A misstep, however, could undermine the outcome most desired -- namely, stimulating investment and encouraging the rapid expansion of the mobile broadband services consumers so crave.” Getting widespread broadcaster participation in the auction won’t be easy, she said. “Maximizing broadcaster participation will require just the right mix of financial incentives as well as careful attention to mechanisms that shorten and simplify the auction,” Ham said. “Similarly, spectrum clearing rules must be both broad enough to satisfy minimum closing conditions for revenue, and granular enough to ensure that broadcasters who wish to exit a given market may do so. Enhancing broadcaster participation and, when feasible, calibrating clearing rules to local or regional market conditions, will increase the amount of spectrum available for broadband use and lead to a more successful incentive auction."