FCC Reverse Auction Begins Today

FCC is charged up and ready to go and with the intention of maintaining “America’s Global Leadership in Wireless,” will launch its long-awaited reverse auction today. In a statement issued Friday, the agency noted that the United States leads the world in key areas of wireless infrastructure and innovation, including being the first country to have 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology networks at scale and to enable unlicensed use of white space spectrum.” The FCC described the process as “An Innovative Auction to Repurpose Spectrum,” noting today “there are more connected devices than there are people living in the U.S., and about 70 percent of Americans use data-hungry Smartphones.” Continue Reading