WASHINGTON, April 11, 2007 – The wireless industry association CTIA has retained an economic consulting firm run by the former boss of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to poke holes in proposals modifying a forthcoming auction of radio frequencies.
A large selection of new radio-frequency spectrum will become available at auction for wireless carriers and other technology companies when broadcasters complete their transition to digital television (DTV). Last year Congress set the end-date for that transition as February 19, 2009.
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ADDENDUM, April 12, 2007, 4:31 P.M.:
Furchtgott-Roth Replies to Post on CTIA Report Furchtgott-Roth returned our call. He said, “I submitted the paper on my own behalf, and not on behalf of CTIA. They have not formally embraced or endorsed it.”
Acknowledging sponsored by the wireless association CTIA, he added that the paper was not submitted to the FCC by CTIA, but by himself. “I don’t know whether it is just a question of timing [but] they are not submitting it; they are not advocating it in any way,” Furchtgott-Roth said.
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