This Week: The FCC's Spectrum Auction Authority ; Policy Considerations with Jeff Westling

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss spectrum policy with a special guest Jeff Westling. Jeff is the Director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the  American Action Forum

0:40:  The 2.5 GHz auction is underway and Jeff gives his thoughts on where the government should be heading in regard to future spectrum auctions.

2:32:  A bit of history on 3.1 spectrum and how it will likely be licensed.

4:27:  How the government uses spectrum and what we can learn from the CBRS model.

6:05:  The importance of licensed versus unlicensed spectrum.

7:20:  What Jeff sees in 7-8.

8:41:  The discussion around the auction authority ending in a couple of weeks.

11:40:  Interagency disputes versus interagency cooperation and the role that Congress plays.

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