FCC Proposes Spectrum Auction

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To persuade TV broadcasters to let go of some of their digital spectrum, The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday (Feb. 24) proposed a voluntary auction. In exchange for relinquishing a portion of their spectrum, broadcasters would receive a share of auction proceeds.

FCC chairman Julius Genachowski revealed the “Mobile Future Auction” Wednesday (Feb. 24) in a speech before the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. The auction would be one of the ways the FCC would propose to free up spectrum as part of the Commission’s National Broadband Plan due March 17.

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