Why Simply Selling Our Airwaves Will Cost Us in the Long Run
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The deficit super committee and congressional technology committees searching for new money are considering "incentive auctions" of the TV band spectrum. Versions of these plans that focus on simply selling as much spectrum as possible would threaten the future of wireless innovation in the U.S.