Those planning and implementing spectrum auctions generally have two primary objectives: increasing economic efficiency (or ensuring that spectrum is made available to those who can gain the most value from use of the spectrum) and revenue maximization (or ensuring that governments receive...

In POLICY BULLETIN NO. 54, I compared fixed broadband speeds across thousands of U.S. and foreign cities. My analysis revealed that average download speeds for fixed broadband are typically faster in the United States and often materially so, and U.S. upload speeds are comparable to other...

The demand for wireless technology has outpaced the ability for the many disparate spectrum systems to coexist and satisfy increasing performance constraints, warranting the need for more flexible policy frameworks that can be both integrative and innovative. Although radio spectrum is scarce,...