700 MHz auction

Spectrum Management: Auctions

Stevie Converse — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:26:06 -0700

Both Houses of Congress to Debate Nationwide Free Broadband

Stevie Converse — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:37:01 -0700

Google Asks FCC to Drop Verizon Bid in Wireless Spectrum Auction

Stevie Converse — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:58:36 -0700

Google has asked the FCC to drop Verizon's $4.7 billion winning bid in the recent 700 MHz wireless auction.

700 MHz: Not Over til it's Over

Stevie Converse — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:55:38 -0700

The 700 MHz auction ended two months ago, but you’d never know it.

D Block: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:33:33 -0700

So what will it be for the sequestered 700 MHz D Block? A few tweaks here and there, an approach one lawmaker dismissively coined ‘D Block lite’? A complete overhaul? Or something in between?

Media Minutes: April 18, 2008

candace — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:53:10 -0700

One big problem with the outcome of the 700 MHz auction: Giant telecom companies Verizon and AT&T were the big winners while women and minority businesses were squeezed out. And guest commentator Craig Aaron explains why Comcast should be voted America’s worst company.

Telco-Paid Congressmen Say Google 'Gamed' FCC Auction. Please.

Stevie Converse — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:20:56 -0700

A trio of Republican congressmen -- whose careers have been funded by AT&T -- insist that Google "duped" the FCC and was "gaming" the system by bidding (and losing) in the government's latest wireless spectrum auction, which finished last month. Please.

Media Minutes 2008-04-18

candace — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:51:25 -0700

FCC Airwaves Auction Fails to Reach Major Goal

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:46:05 -0700

Despite raising a record $19.6 billion, the government's recent auction of prime airwaves was branded a failure by several lawmakers Tuesday for failing to accomplish its major goal: producing a national wireless network that would allow police and firefighters to share information during disasters and terrorist attacks.

Lawmakers Ask FCC to Alter Rules for Auction

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:42:54 -0700

Lawmakers yesterday questioned members of the Federal Communications Commission about the failures of a recent auction of wireless spectrum.

What to Do With the Airwaves Auction?

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:39:32 -0700

The fate of a valuable block of airwaves that went unsold in the government's recent $19.6 billion auction became murkier Tuesday, when lawmakers questioned Federal Communications Commission and public-safety officials about what could have made such coveted spectrum so unattractive to bidders.

Lawmakers Reconsider in Wake of 700 MHz Auction

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:23:45 -0700

While the Federal Communications Commission’s failure to attract a bidder for a national commercial-public safety spectrum license dominated a House telecom subcommittee hearing today, the panel’s review of the 700 MHz auction also served as a platform for addressing other major wireless policy issues.

Hearing Used for Finger-Pointing on 700 MHz Auction, D Block

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:14:57 -0700

All five FCC Commissioners made the trek to the Capitol today for a grilling at the hands of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

Three Lawmakers Complain that Google 'Gamed' the System

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:08:04 -0700

Three lawmakers complained Tuesday that Google "maneuvered" its way into an open wireless network without having to come up with a winning bid in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) recently completed 700MHz spectrum auction.

Lawmakers Question What to Do with Public Safety

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:01:06 -0700

Recent reports that an adviser to public safety agencies was seeking to make a profit on the recently completed 700MHz auction surprised members of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), commissioners said Tuesday.

FCC Grilled By Congress Over Spectrum Auction

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:58:23 -0700

All five members of the Federal Communications Commission appeared before Congress Tuesday to testify about what went wrong with a key aspect of the agency's recently completed radio spectrum auction and to hear lawmakers' views of what to do next.

Harold Feld Testifies Before House Commerce Committee on 700 MHz Auction

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:52:03 -0700

Good morning. My name is Harold Feld. I am Senior Vice President of the Media Access Project (MAP). For more than 35 years, MAP has served as a non-profit law firm and public advocate to provide a voice for the public interest in our communications policy.

FCC Commissioners to House Commerce Committee on 700 MHz Auction Results

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:43:19 -0700

The chairman of the FCC and each of the four commissioners tesitified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

700 MHz Auction Oversight Hearing Recap

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:31:44 -0700

The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Internet oversight hearing on the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz auction is getting a lot of ink.

FCC: Public Safety Is DTV-Transition Priority

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:27:18 -0700

All of the Federal Communications Commission members agreed Tuesday that the No. 1 priority for the digital transition was not DTV converter boxes nor the education program, but creating an interoperable broadband public-safety network with spectrum being reclaimed from that transition.