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It is important for Americans and for the U.S. regulatory policy that spectrum be purchased and used, not purchased and under used. Under utilization prevents competition and growth of broadband penetration. The problem with the FCC spectrum auctions, reflected in the highly politicized upcoming 700 MHz auction, is that many of the more recent auctions have been [...]
Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt’s company, Frontline Wireless, is proposing that one of the requirements of the 700 Mhz auction is to require that certain spectrum be built out by the winner for public safety. GigaOM had a great blog on Frontline last month. I heard Chairman Hundt speak at the Boston TIECON 2007 conference [...]
Last week at David Isenberg’s excellent Freedom to Connect Conference, former FCC Commissioner Reed Hundt announced the proposal of his company, Frontline Wireless, to solve the problem faced by public safety. The proposal, the Public Safety Broadband Deployment Plan, calls for establishing a nationwide public safety “network” build by private companies. The under the plan, the [...]
