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Spectrum Reallocation And The National Broadband Plan, Jeffrey A. Eisenach
Spectrum Reallocation And The National Broadband Plan, Jeffrey A. Eisenach
Federal Communications Law Journal
Of the several significant changes in United States telecommunications policy proposed by the National Broadband Plan, none are more substantial than its proposals for spectrum policy. In particular, the Plan proposes to reallocate 500 MHz of spectrum from broadcast television, mobile satellite, government and other current uses to "mobile broadband" through the use of innovative "incentive auctions" and other voluntary, market-oriented mechanisms. The Plan's spectrum proposals have the potential to be a major step forward in the decades-long, bipartisan effort to replace "command-and-control" spectrum allocation with a more flexible, dynamic and market-oriented approach. Considerable work remains to be done, however, …
A Policy Framework For Spectrum Allocation In Mobile Communications, T. Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak, Michael Stern
A Policy Framework For Spectrum Allocation In Mobile Communications, T. Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak, Michael Stern
Federal Communications Law Journal
With the National Broadband Plan's promise of an additional 500 MHz of spectrum for commercial purposes, the question of how to allocate those resources among competing uses and users will dominate the communications policy debate over the coming years. In this Article, the Authors provide a theoretical analysis of some of the relevant tradeoffs involved in allocating spectrum among service providers, with a particular focus on incumbent exclusion rules such as spectrum caps. Two key assumptions center the analysis: (i) more firms implies lower prices (i.e., Cournot competition); and (ii) more spectrum permits more advanced services due to greater capacity …