FCC'S ADELSTEIN DOUBTS ENTRY OF NATIONAL WIRELESS WEB PROVIDER
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 6/13, AUTHOR: Corey Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Speaking at a conference hosted by the Wireless Communications Association
International, Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Jonathan
Adelstein voiced doubts about the potential for a new national wireless
broadband provider to enter the market to take on the incumbent telephone and
cable broadband providers. he said he was reluctant to structure the rules of
the upcoming radio spectrum auction to encourage the entry of a new player
unless there was a commitment that there would be a serious bidder at the
auction. Commissioner Adelstein said the FCC risked excluding smaller bidders
from getting access to the valuable spectrum coming available for no reason if
it designates a large block of it to be auctioned off but no large bidder comes
forward. A group calling itself the Coalition for 4G America has been
aggressively lobbying for a 22 megahertz block of spectrum with a national
license to be auctioned off. The coalition includes the likes of Google Inc.,
Intel Corp., EBay Inc. unit Skype Inc., and satellite television companies
EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Group Inc.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118176728181934284.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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* Commissioner Adelstein's remarks
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-274064A1.doc
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