TECHNOLOGY CEO COUNCIL ISSUES SPECTRUM WAKE-UP CALL

摘要

The Technology CEO Council Wed. called on the FCC and the Commerce Department抯 National Telecom & Information Administration (NTIA) to complete a full analysis of which spectrum bands aren抰 being put to the highest and best use. The report should look closely at govt. bands that could be used more efficiently by business, public safety or others, the report said. Spectrum scarcity is one of the 搒cariest?infrastructure problems confronting the U.S., the report said, and results from 揳rtificial constraints?created by public policy. The report includes 10 recommendations to Congress, the FCC and NTIA for more efficient use of spectrum. Among them is that Congress give the FCC 揺xplicit authority?to hold 2-sided auctions and use auction vouchers to more readily put more spectrum into commercial use. The report called on Congress to provide 揺nsured, multiyear funding?so public safety agencies can invest in technologies that use spectrum more efficiently.