The US Department of Justice has filed a submission with the FCC calling for improved utilization and freeing up wireless spectrum as the priority for promoting broadband competition:
Reallocating spectrum that is being underutilized would encourage the deployment of wireless services and could help to make such services more competitive with wireline offerings.
First, an increase in the amount of spectrum that firms could devote to broadband would lower the cost of providing wireless broadband services and encourage entry. Second, more spectrum would allow providers to increase the capacity and reliability of their offerings, thereby bringing them closer to cable modem and fiber-based broadband. Third, the increased capacity in the systems would help support new applications.
The DOJ submission is written from a perspective similar to Canada’s Competition Bureau: improving customer benefits through increased choice of suppliers. The filing discusses the nature of competition in the broadband marketplace and highlights the role of making additional spectrum available for broadband service delivery.
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