Providing lots of spectrum for unlicensed use must...
Providing lots of spectrum for unlicensed use must be a priority of the FCC as it draws up rules for an incentive auction of broadcast TV spectrum, members of the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition said in a series of meetings…
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at the FCC. “The public interest representatives emphasized that the public interest is best served by band plan, auction and repacking policies that strike a balance between broadcast stations, licensed mobile operators and facilitating robust unlicensed nationwide,” PISC said in an ex parte filing posted Wednesday by the commission (http://bit.ly/13bivzG). “We acknowledged that although last year’s Spectrum Act imposed certain statutory guideposts and constraints, we urged the Staff to be mindful of the general statutory obligations that apply to auction design and license assignments: First, Section 309(j)(3), by which Congress established that competition and innovation are primary auction objectives; and second, Section 309(j)(7), by which Congress explicitly prohibits basing a public interest finding on the expectation of federal revenue.” The New America Foundation, Public Knowledge and Consumers Union attended the meetings.