FCC Could Still Get Things Wrong on 5G, FSF Fellow Says
The FCC spectrum frontiers order, set for a vote Thursday, is critical for 5G, but the FCC could still get things wrong if it’s not careful, wrote Gregory Vogt, visiting fellow at the Free State Foundation. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler…
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“decided to propose proceeding to an allocation of additional spectrum without further study on how 5G is to be deployed in the U.S.,” Vogt wrote Monday. “This is a wise market-oriented decision that is somewhat uncharacteristic of the current Administration and FCC.” But Vogt said the commission still could move in the wrong direction. The agency “should be cautious” that its work is not “undermined by (1) failing to move rapidly to an auction and actual deployment; (2) maintaining unworkable spectrum sharing arrangements; or (3) manipulating the auction procedures or spectrum screens that skew competition,” he said.