The promotion of shared unlicensed spectrum use is receiving increased attention from the FCC.
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The advantage of this new technology is that you can vary the spectrum use in either direction to maximize for the traffic you are carrying.
Any empirical look at our current and emerging needs and the trends of American spectrum use paints a clear path forward that involves freeing spectrum for the services that Americans demand.
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What spectrum use will best serve the public and how the auction will play out in the UK are yet to be decided but all eyes are currently on the US where auctions are happening right now.
As a critical aspect of that effort, NTIA has been coordinating extensive discussions between Federal agencies and wireless providers that have resulted in unprecedented sharing of technical and other information that can lead to more efficient spectrum use by both sides.
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However, the FCC had already assigned the adjacent block of spectrum for use by public safety to build a nationwide interoperable data network.
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The auction will offer the equivalent of three-quarters of the mobile spectrum in use today, some 80% more than was released in the 3G auction in 2000.
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The January date of the auction itself can only be brought forward by a couple of weeks, but much more has been done, says Ofcom, about the process of clearing the spectrum for use by its new owners.
As rumors began to circulate in recent weeks that the Department of Justice had rejected the union, Ergen came back to the table and offered to give up some of his satellite spectrum for use by satellite-TV competitors.
To cope with the data tsunami Ofcom has drawn up plans to release more radio spectrum and make the industry's use of existing spectrum more efficient.
They will be augmenting this with a plan to use incentive auctions to repurpose spectrum that is currently in use by television broadcasters in favor of next-generation wireless services.
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They would likely use the spectrum to improve Internet access to mobile devices as people increasingly use their phones for messaging, e-mail, broadband video, over-the-air purchases and mobile TV.
White space devices offer a creative and efficient way to use spectrum that would otherwise lie fallow.
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Not just to the point where iPhone or Android users have to pay more to use spectrum.
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All this networking was made possible by a 1999 grant from Congress to the auto industry of 75 megahertz of radio spectrum for safety use.
It is time to start building the first shared-use spectrum superhighways.
There were calls from across the political spectrum for better use of the European Solidarity Fund, which is used to help rebuild areas damaged by natural disasters.
We have come too far in our variety of content offerings to consumers and the spectrum the broadcasters use is too valuable for it to be hoarded for their shrinking audience.
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Now, however, thanks to the dramatic decline in the cost of computer power, wireless devices are far cleverer, meaning that they can use spectrum more efficiently and are more tolerant of interference.
Importantly, the initiation of this proceeding also carries out the course of action prescribed by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs Creation Act of 2012 for expanding spectrum for unlicensed use.
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Ofcom, the media and telecoms regulator, said in August that the company could use spectrum it already owned to build a data network five times nippier than existing services (which it has branded EE).
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Curiously, a fee-based arrangement isn't the only topic of discussion, as it's also said that Sprint is exploring a spectrum sharing arrangement with Dish that would put the satellite company's unused spectrum licenses to use.
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Already, the Obama Administration in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission has proposed to free up 500 MHz of spectrum for commercial use over the next 10 years, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the government entity charged with overseeing federal spectrum usage, has identified 115 MHz to make available over the next five years.
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Reallocation of spectrum will maximize the efficient use of the nation's spectrum resources.
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He says the two companies will use the spectrum they both have more effectively.
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The most efficient use of spectrum comes with LTE TDD networks which is what Clearwire is building.
Dish Network just recently received approval to use some spectrum it owns to build a mobile-data network.
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Towards the end of 2012, Dish Network won FCC approval to use its spectrum for a ground-based cellular network.
But to the point that everyone has to pay to use scarce spectrum.
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First, America's regulatory regime allows operators to decide how to use their spectrum and also allows them to resell it.
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