Spectrum Licensing

Public Knowledge Calls on FCC to Stop Verizon and AT&T Spectrum Sale

January 25, 2013

Issues: 
Spectrum Reform

Today Verizon announced plans to sell 39 lower 700 MHz B block licenses to AT&T. Previously, Verizon had offered to sell this spectrum in order to make its purchase of significant spectrum licenses from SpectrumCo, a group of cable companies, more palatable to the FCC.

At the time Public Knowledge warned the FCC during Verizon's purchase of spectrum from several cable companies that even if Verizon sold some of its existing spectrum to offset the public interest harms of the transaction, much of that spectrum would likely be sold to AT&T instead of smaller carriers. If AT&T acquired most of spectrum being offered by Verizon, Public Knowledge cautioned, the sales would not actually benefit consumer or competition in the wireless market.

The following statement may be attributed to Harold Feld, Senior Vice President:

Congress and the FCC Talk Incentive Auctions, Spectrum, and Your Wireless Future

By Martyn Griffen  | December 14, 2012

On Wednesday, December 12, 2012, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held an oversight hearing on the implementation of spectrum auctions in an effort to meet the growing demand for wireless broadband services and fund a nationwide public safety network.  The five FCC Commissioners testified before the panel on the status of the auctions and their interpretations on how the auctions will free up additional spectrum and promote competition.  These auctions were part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.  For background on the spectrum provisions included in this legislation, read Harold Feld’s recap of the legislation from February of this year.



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Public Knowledge Argues for a Revised Spectrum Screen

November 29, 2012

In comments authored by Jon Peha, professor at Carnegie Mellon in the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and of Engineering & Public Policy and former Chief Technologist of the FCC, Public Knowledge argues that the FCC should adjust its spectrum screen policies to take account of the fact that not all spectrum is equally suited to the task of providing wireless broadband service.

These comments are linked here. 

The following statement can be attributed to John Bergmayer, Senior Staff Attorney at Public Knowledge:

"It is difficult to conduct spectrum policy at the FCC without first knowing how useful different bands of spectrum actually are.  It is easier to use certain frequencies of spectrum to provide service than others.

Spectrum Screen Comments

November 29, 2012
Issues: 
Public Airwaves

FCC Announces Broadcast Incentive Auctions and Spectrum Screen

September 28, 2012

Issues: 
Spectrum Reform

The Commission is voting to begin proceedings to determine how broadcast incentive auctions will work, and to evaluate how it limits spectrum concentration. Its agenda is linked here.

The following can be attributed to Senior Staff Attorney John Bergmayer:

"Today the FCC is taking two important steps to promote wireless broadband.

The Spectrum Gap Keeps Growing

By John Bergmayer  | August 17, 2012

Recently there have been a number of high-profile spectrum transactions. It is possible to describe them in a way that sounds beneficial. In the Verizon/SpectrumCO transaction, a lot of spectrum that was not being used will be sold to a company that will actually use it. In the AT&T/NextWave transaction a lot of spectrum that is not being used will be sold to a company that will actually use it. In a vacuum it is true that spectrum is better off used than not used, and as a legal matter it's also true that the FCC is generally not allowed to consider alternate buyers when deciding whether to approve a spectrum license transfer.

But this narrow view masks a large problem--a growing "spectrum gap" between Verizon and AT&T and the rest of the wireless industry, that is hobbling competition and harming consumers.



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PK In The Know Podcast: Spectrum and Future of Video

By Michael Weinberg  | July 27, 2012

On today's podcast we discuss spectrum policy and the future of TV.

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PK In The Know Podcast: Spectrum and Future of Video

July 27, 2012

On today's podcast we discuss spectrum policy and the future of TV.

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On today's podcast we discuss spectrum policy and the future of TV.

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The PCAST Report And The Inconvenient Truth About Federal Spectrum.

By Harold Feld  | July 24, 2012

We have all kinds of reality-challenged folks in Washington. We got those who believe that we need to go back to the gold-standard and abolish the Federal Reserve. We got those who think vaccinations cause learning autism. To this we can now add “the folks who think we can keep finding federal spectrum to auction forever.”



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CTIA's Beta Tests App For Responding to Policy Issues On Our Bandwidth Caps White Paper.

By Harold Feld  | April 23, 2012

Every now and then, somebody responds to something we did or said with such an inappropriate bullet point that we can only laugh. These often read like someone tried to use some application for picking key words and matching to bullet points, but the App is clearly still in Beta.

The response of CTIA-The Wireless Association to our White Paper on Usage Based Pricing, aka bandwidth caps, surpases even these usual whacko responses. It ought to win some kind of prize. Perhaps the "Please Check your Magic Eight Ball Again" Award, given for a response that not only demonstrates that you failed to look at the executive summary and conclusion, but actually confuses people who did.



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