Former FCC Chief Economist Leslie Marx, now a professor at...
Former FCC Chief Economist Leslie Marx, now a professor at Duke University, said the FCC’s review of its spectrum screen should spark a needed discussion. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Friday circulated a notice of proposed rulemaking on the screen for…
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a vote at the FCC’s Sept. 28 meeting. “The FCC plan to publicly review the screens in an open and transparent proceeding that allows for public input to help determine how spectrum screen levels may be applied to all industry participants is a step in the right direction,” Marx said on her blog (http://xrl.us/bnpgey). “It is also a very timely plan. The FCC is starting the process to implement the Congressional mandate to auction re-purposed broadcast spectrum. Clarity and stability about spectrum screens are a key ingredient for successful auctions. In addition, regulatory certainty, where industry participants know and understand the ‘rules of the road’ -- here the existence of the screen, its application, and the process for when/how it can/will be altered -- can be expected to have a positive impact on future wireless broadband infrastructure investment."