Is the FCC re-issuing wireless licenses before Obama gets in?
by Hans on Jan.05, 2009, under Government, News, Opinion
Is this sliding under Kevin's radar too?
If I were to try to convert this to layman’s terms, the CTIA is petitioning to change cellular licensing with the FCC to more accurately reflect geographic market areas. What they are actually requesting is re-issuance of spectrum licenses. This looks like an attempt to get to a contract that more accurately reflects what the incumbents would like as opposed to the original license intent of the FCC that is not being enforced. One of the benefits of this change is protecting “incumbent” cellular licensees from interference from potential new entrants.
I don’t know about you, but wouldn’t it be grand to work in an industry where you can have the federal government protect you from the mean old new entrants to your market? In fact, if we go back to the original licensing agreements, according to J.H. Snyder, author of ‘The Art of Spectrum Lobbying’, the FCC has been giving away spectrum to incumbents under the guise of changes necessary for geographic area coverage for decades now.
I think we need to take a long, hard look at this petition, and then bury it. To comment, click here, using RM-11510 in the Proceeding field (#1).
