Telecom Regulation White Papers
Going Beyond Spectrum Auctions
Overview When Congress passed the Telecommunications Act a week ago, one of the major unresolved issues left was the question whether broadcasters should pay for their licenses. Senator Dole, in particular, demanded that broadcasters, too, start paying for the spectrum they plan to use for next-generation digital TV. Broadcasters, who for decades had successfully fought off similar suggestions, were appalled, divining partisan motives lurking behind a legitimate policy question. But their problem is that right now, almost anyone, it seems, loves to auction off spectrum: liberals, because it makes communications companies pay their way; most conservatives, because it substitutes market mechanisms for government controls; economists, because it allocates spectrum quickly and efficiently; and budget balancers, because it can raise much money.
| Publisher | Virtual Institute of Information | File Format | HTML |
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| Date Published | August 2003 | Downloads | 4 |
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