US senate takes aim at spam, spectrum, broadband
US Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman Conrad Burns has identified policy priorities, including spam and spectrum allocation.
According to The Register:
Burns also proposes scrapping the auction model of allocating wireless spectrum to companies, saying it didn’t work in Europe and is responsible for bankrupting carriers. In its place, the senator is expected to propose a royalty-based model in legislation.
“Spectrum reform is long-overdue,” Burns said in a statement. “In Europe we have witnessed how the system failed consumers, and we must avoid implementing a similarly exploitative process in the United States.”