The next tidal wave in mobile data is coming. Not only did traffic grow 70 percent last year on a global basis, it is on track to increase nearly tenfold by 2019, notes Cisco. All carriers will need more spectrum to provide fast, reliable service. But spectrum is a limited resource, and purchasing and deploying it takes time. That’s why it’s critical to identify spectrum (especially holdings of government agencies, some 60-70% of useable spectrum) that could be re-purposed for commercial mobile use. In the meantime, the next big opportunity to acquire spectrum will be the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) incentive auction next year.
It took the FCC 60 years to hold its first spectrum auction, and the incentive auction will be by far the most complex yet. Previous auctions have successfully re-purposed needed spectrum for mobile broadband and raised billions of dollars to fund important societal needs, such as FirstNet, the long-awaited national broadband safety network. If there is one takeaway from previous auctions that should be applied here, it is that rules that pick winners and losers before bidding begins compromise the auction.
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