Thanks Peter. Was it your intent to post the same pdf twice? In any case, it pointed to lots of good stuff. Amidst all this discussion, I find it somehow odd that no mention has been made of the following proposed platform release, neither with respect to the specific startup mentioned (Spectrum Bridge) nor any other commercial undertaking of its kind. Why do you suppose that is?
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Meet the eBay of wireless spectrum: Spectrum Bridge automates, Webifies wireless deals
By John Cox , Network World , 09/12/2008
Sometime after Oct. 30, you can expect a buyer and seller to get together on what could become the eBay of wireless spectrum. That’s the launch date set for SpecEx.com, which is billed as the first fully online, fully automated exchange for buying, selling and leasing spectrum licensed by the FCC. The site is run by a start-up called Spectrum Bridge. The name is suggestive: The newcomer aims to bridge the long-standing gap between buyers and sellers in the secondary spectrum market, where the FCC has granted to some licensees the right to unbundle the spectrum they’ve been awarded and resell it, lease or even timeshare it. The company says it has received or been promised spectrum listings with a total current value of $250 million.
That could be just the beginning, because according to a number of studies and experts, the majority of licensed spectrum in the United States is unused or under-used at any given time. The FCC in recent years changed its rules to encourage a secondary market in spectrum, and much easier leasing of larger amounts of spectrum. It’s part of a shift in thinking by regulators, academics and business leaders. Having a more efficient mechanism for marketing spectrum could put this valuable resource to work in new wireless services, either by carriers and providers or directly by enterprises seeking private networking capabilities.
Cont.: networkworld.com
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