The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing on Friday on spectrum and public safety communications issues. In advance of the event, key Republican lawmakers have circulated a discussion draft of new spectrum auction and public safety band rules. It's an interesting read for anyone interested in wireless unlicensed broadband.
Among the proposals, the law sets up an auction system for the allocation of spectrum for unlicensed use—think "white space" devices and WiFi. The Federal Communications Commission would be required to conduct auctions in which bidders could declare their intention to buy spectrum for licensed or unlicensed deployment.
But (our italics): "The Commission may only exercise its authority under this Act to allocate a portion of the spectrum for unlicensed use if—the bids for unlicensed use, in the aggregate, exceed the highest bid for such license."
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