The FCC defended its progress in moving toward spectrum incentive auctions next year, respondingnto comments last week from Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman Mark Pryor, D-Ark.,nthat the auctions “may slide into 2015,” during C-SPAN's The Communicators (CD Aug 5 p4). “ThenCommission’s world-class incentive auction team of economists, auction experts, and engineers is makingnsteady progress towards holding the world’s first incentive auction in 2014, which will free up significantnspectrum for mobile broadband use,” an FCC spokesman told us. “The auction is a top institutional prioritynand we are on track to help deliver faster speeds, greater capacity, and more ubiquitous wireless connectivitynto consumers and businesses across the country.” Gary Epstein, who leads the FCC’s incentivenauction task force, told Congress last month that FCC staff is working to meet its planned timeline, withnan order by the end of the year and an auction next year.
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