Speaking at the National Science Foundation's event titled "6G: Open and Resilient" on April 21, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said this:
“For three decades the FCC has had the authority to auction off airwaves to commercial actors to use to deploy, create, and innovate. But on March 9 of this year, that authority expired for the first time Consider it another small, barely recorded moment in history. But if it is not corrected, it could have big impact.”
Big impact, indeed!
Chairman Rosenworcel did an excellent job explaining why "we cannot afford to wait." And her recital of some of the FCC's current spectrum policy efforts that are laying the groundwork for future 6G networks - yes, that's 6G - is worthwhile! The underlying theme is that considerable advance planning and preparation is necessary in order to take advantage of the opportunity for maximizing efficient utilization of spectrum.
I commend Ms. Rosenworcel's remarks to you.
Also, in an April 18 letter to congressional leadership of the pertinent House and Senate committees, Chairman Rosenworcel and all her fellow commissioners urged Congress promptly to renew the FCC spectrum auction authority "so that we can once again use this authority in service of consumers, businesses, and national security."
It should have been done yesterday.
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