The Wireless Association said taxes on wireless consumers are already
too high and cable companies should pick up a greater share of the tab
that it takes to keep the FCC funded, not the wireless world. The
discussion was sparked by the commission’s budgeting process and the
“Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for fiscal year 2015.” In
its review, the FCC laid out how much it proposes to spend for its Media
Bureau ($120.15 million); Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) $132.81
million; Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) $69.07 million; and
the International Bureau (IB) $18.56 million.
Both the American Cable Association (ACA) and the NAB have said
CTIA-The Wireless Association should pay more. In fact, NAB said it
should pay less because if some 200-to-400 TV stations go off the air as
a result of the spectrum auction on March 29, the remaining stations
will have a higher burden of regulatory fees to pay, said a BNA/Bloomberg
report last week. NAB said, “Indeed, the only equitable approach is for
the regulatory fees to ‘follow the spectrum.’ The spectrum to be
repurposed through the incentive auction will benefit the wireless
service providers.”
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