On Friday, we filed reply comments on the FCC’s proposed procedures for the 600 MHz incentive auction. This public notice (PN) gets down to the nuts and bolts of how the auction will be run and, in many ways, the decisions made here will be some of the most important to date. When the FCC…
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Auction 97 – More Lessons For Future Auctions
Additional reactions to Auction 97 are emerging with everyone putting their own spin on the results. First, in a blog, T-Mobile offered its view, calling the auction a disaster for U.S. consumers. Hard to figure how they can reach that result. The auction reallocated 50 MHz of valuable paired spectrum to the wireless industry –…
Read More Auction 97 – More Lessons For Future AuctionsLessons from Auction 97 For Future Auctions
The quiet period on Auction 97 lifted last Friday opening the period of dialogue around the most successful – and surprising – auction in the history of the FCC. Much has already been written on the unexpected valuations and revenue raised. I want to turn to some of the lessons to be learned from this…
Read More Lessons from Auction 97 For Future AuctionsIf T-Mobile has a Beef, It Should File a Complaint
A few weeks ago, a group of advocates calling themselves “T-Mobile Petition Supporters” filed an ex parte purporting to show that the Commission should grant T-Mobile’s data roaming petition. T-Mobile itself then weighed in with yet another letter in the record. Neither filing offers anything new of substance, much less provides any basis to grant T-Mobile’s…
Read More If T-Mobile has a Beef, It Should File a ComplaintInvesting in Regulation Rather than Networks
In the last couple weeks, in a series of meetings with the FCC, T-Mobile continued its on-going campaign for rate regulation of roaming services. T-Mobile frames its argument as a request for clarification. But make no mistake – T-Mobile is not seeking a clarification of the Commission’s 2011 Data Roaming Rules. It is instead seeking…
Read More Investing in Regulation Rather than NetworksAccelerating Broadband, Part II
A couple months ago, the FCC unanimously adopted an order streamlining the rules for tower marking and lighting. That was the first in a series of Wireless Bureau items designed to remove regulatory obstacles to clear the way for more efficient broadband deployment. The Bureau is now moving forward with an even more ambitious effort to rationalize…
Read More Accelerating Broadband, Part IIInterference on the Line
In May, the FCC issued a comprehensive incentive auction framework order that represented a substantial step toward a successful auction. While the order resolved many open issues, it also set the stage for a series of new ones and the published list of follow-on proceedings made clear that significant work remains to be done. Of…
Read More Interference on the LineNAB’s Incentive Auction Lawsuit – A Detour not a Road Block
Earlier this week, NAB filed suit in Federal Court challenging aspects of the Commission’s May Incentive Auction Order. NAB’s lawsuit was not a surprise – NAB had made pretty clear that it was unhappy with how the Commission was proposing to implement elements of the Spectrum Act, particularly as related to statutory protections provided to…
Read More NAB’s Incentive Auction Lawsuit – A Detour not a Road BlockThe Roaming Marketplace is Working
T-Mobile, which advertises itself as the “un-carrier,” has asked the FCC to “un-do” its data roaming rules, which were established in 2011 to facilitate reasonable data roaming arrangements while continuing to incent network investments. T-Mobile now asks for a “declaratory ruling” which would effectively eviscerate that FCC decision and run afoul of the D.C. Circuit…
Read More The Roaming Marketplace is Working‘911’ Location Accuracy: Getting to Dispatchable Addresses
TruePosition recently commissioned and produced a test report purporting to show that its proprietary technology can meet the FCC’s proposed benchmarks for locating wireless 911 callers horizontally and vertically indoors. The tests were run on a test bed in Wilmington, Delaware outside the context of the established CSRIC process specifically designed to assess new “911”…
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