AWS-3 Auction Producing Lots of Winners, Baker Says
The record breaking AWS-3 auction is a win for public safety, paying for the startup costs of FirstNet, and for the government, because part of the proceeds will go toward deficit reduction, CTIA President Meredith Baker said in a blog…
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post Wednesday. Consumers are also winners, she wrote. The auction also makes a good case for future auctions, Baker said. “This is the first major spectrum auction since 2008, and serves as an important affirmation of the wireless industry’s demand for spectrum,” she wrote. “This auction also reinforces our understanding of the need for licensed paired spectrum, especially when it is substantially cleared and internationally harmonized. While CTIA applauds the FCC’s recent efforts in the area of unlicensed and lightly-licensed spectrum models, this auction shows there is no true substitute for exclusively-licensed spectrum for the wireless industry.”