Arcadian Networks (News - Alert), a wireless communications carrier for "critical infrastructure" industries with dispersed assets, has issued a statement  regarding the pending FCC (News - Alert) auction of 700 MHz spectrum.

 

Gil Perez, president and chief executive officer of Arcadian Networks, stated, "Arcadian Networks believes it is in the best interest of this country that the FCC hold an open auction of the 700 MHz spectrum. There are two issues we can all agree upon: an opportunity like this will not arise again and wireless technologies will change our future. Competition, a cornerstone of this country, will lead to innovations that benefit us all; any restrictions imposed upon a totally open auction will only curtail

 

The 700MHz pectrum has been projected as the last ‘piece of prime real estate left in the wireless spectrum.’ Mobile operators and companies in other industries like cable and satellite TV are expected to bid on licenses, with the auction reportedly raising around $10 billion to 15 billion in revenues for the government.

 

Congress had decided in 1997 to re-auction the 700MHz spectrum. Communication policy makers have believed that this is an ideal solution for all the nation's broadband-access problems. The 700MHz frequency band enables signals to travel nearly four times farther than those on bands currently used by the wireless and electronics industries currently.

 

According to industry observers, reutilization of this spectrum would make deployment of broadband networks easier and cheaper, giving more consumers access to affordable and widespread high-speed Internet.