Economics at the FCC 2023–24: Thirty Years of Spectrum Auctions, Open Internet Safeguards, Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability, and Advancing Rural 5G Coverage

Mark Azic (), Johannes M. Bauer (), Steven Kauffman (), Evan Kwerel (), Paul LaFontaine (), Jeffrey Ocker (), Molly Schwarz () and Martha Stancill ()
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Mark Azic: Federal Communications Commission
Johannes M. Bauer: Federal Communications Commission
Steven Kauffman: Federal Communications Commission
Evan Kwerel: Federal Communications Commission
Paul LaFontaine: Federal Communications Commission
Jeffrey Ocker: Federal Communications Commission
Molly Schwarz: Federal Communications Commission
Martha Stancill: Federal Communications Commission

Review of Industrial Organization, 2024, vol. 65, issue 4, No 3, 874 pages

Abstract: Abstract The U.S. Federal Communications Commission regulates the telecommunications and electronic media sectors, which involves Commission economists in a broad range of issues. We first review how economists helped develop, implement, and improve spectrum auction designs that resulted in three decades of sustained innovation in radio frequency management. Next, we discuss the role of economic research in the open Internet proceeding. Economists also developed tools and analyses related to the state of universal broadband access. Finally, we consider how economists contributed to the establishment of the 5G Fund, which is intended to improve advanced wireless connectivity in rural America.

Keywords: Spectrum auctions; Open internet; Broadband deployment; Broadband affordability; 5G wireless (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 D63 D82 L12 L13 L86 L88 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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