The FCC defended its progress in moving toward...
The FCC defended its progress in moving toward spectrum incentive auctions next year, responding to comments last week from Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman Mark Pryor, D-Ark., that the auctions “may slide into 2015,” during C-SPAN’s The Communicators (CD Aug 5…
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p4). “The Commission’s world-class incentive auction team of economists, auction experts, and engineers is making steady progress towards holding the world’s first incentive auction in 2014, which will free up significant spectrum for mobile broadband use,” an FCC spokesman told us. “The auction is a top institutional priority and we are on track to help deliver faster speeds, greater capacity, and more ubiquitous wireless connectivity to consumers and businesses across the country.” Gary Epstein, who leads the FCC’s incentive auction task force, told Congress last month that FCC staff is working to meet its planned timeline, with an order by the end of the year and an auction next year.