Tech Knowledge Makes Case for EBS Incentive Auction
An incentive auction in the 2.5 GHz educational broadband service band would maximize the educational value of the spectrum “by converting the leasing scheme’s implicit and inefficient subsidy into an explicit needs-based subsidy for educational broadband,” Tech Knowledge said Wednesday.…
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EBS licensees have less experience managing spectrum than wireless providers, the group said. Providing direct subsidies makes more sense than the current regime, Tech Knowledge said. “In exchange for commercial use of its spectrum, a school board whose FCC license would be worth up to $157 million at auction is currently receiving an educational use benefit that amounts to $0.02 per K-12 student per month that can only be used to buy retail wireless broadband services from Sprint."