This paper contains two chapters on the economic impact of proposed FCC restrictions on participation in the 2015 spectrum auction, which would limit access to additional spectrum by large incumbent Internet Service providers (ISPs). The first chapter by Holtz-Eakin and Bazelon reports that such...

On April 9, 2010, after much delay, the Indian government began two auctions to license third generation cellular (3G) and broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum. The Indian wireless market has been hugely successful to date with a very competitive marketplace of more than 400 million 2G...