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		<title>International Perspective &#8211; Allocating Blue and Amber Light Spectrum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, the US Federal Communications Commission commenced proceedings to create an auction for the spectrum in the 700 MHz band for use in a nation-wide network public safety.  This part of the auction was called the D Block.  The spectrum was being released as part of the US transition to digital terrestrial television.  The commercial winner of the license at auction would be required to negotiate with a Public Safety Spectrum Trust organization to build such a network in a private-public partnership.  The auction proceeded and a single bid of $472 million was placed by Qualcomm.  This bid was only 35% of the $1.3 billion reserve price set by the FCC.  The auction concluded without a license being assigned and was immediately decried as a failure by the industry and the blogisphere.

Since we cannot leave it to the market to decide how much of the good " public safety" to produce, we must address as a policy matter the trade-off between the possibility of administratively allocating a block of spectrum which is in some way too much or too little.  The cost of getting a determination which is "suboptimal" may pale in the face of the possibility of a failed allocation.  Thus, it may instead be more efficient to make an administrative determination about the spectrum assignment award it to a government entity which will take responsibility for construction and operation of the network.  Now, some part of that might be outsourced, but still the Government maintains the responsibility.

It would seem to me that commonsense alone tells you that additional spectrum is needed since the principal duty of the State is the protection of its citizens, and for the UK to be at the very forefront of developments.]]></description>
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		<title>European Parliament urges coordinated approach &#8220;digital dividend&#8221; spectrum, including public safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous Cool Stuff, I wrote about the study which I completed demonstrating the social value from reallocating some of the Digital Dividend spectrum for broadband mission critical public safety communications. The European Parliament seems to agree. Yesterday, the European Parliament&#8217;s Industry Committee adopted a report urging that the EU should ensure a set [...]]]></description>
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