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Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 2006 Annual Report January 17, 2007

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 2006 Annual Report January 17, 2007. WTB’s Mission. Auctions & Spectrum Access. Spectrum & Competition Policy. Spectrum Management Resources & Technologies. Broadband. Mobility.

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Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 2006 Annual Report January 17, 2007

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  1. Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 2006 Annual Report January 17, 2007

  2. WTB’s Mission Auctions & Spectrum Access Spectrum & Competition Policy Spectrum Management Resources & Technologies Broadband Mobility • To promote competition, efficiency, and innovation in the wireless marketplace for the benefit of consumers and the advancement of commercial and private operations.

  3. Growth in the Mobile Telephone Industry(June 2005 - June 2006) 723 Average Monthly MOUs in 2006 $60 Billion in Revenues in 2006 219 Million Subscribers in 2006 Price per minute 7¢ in 2006 UP 13% From 195 Million Subscribers in 2005 UP 16% From 623 MOUs in 2005 UP 9% From $56 Billion as of 2005 Price per minute DOWN 14% From $0.08 per minute in 2005 Service Revenues Subscribers Minutes of Use Source: Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association; FCC.

  4. 2006 Accomplishments: Auctions Program Four Auctions Completed in 2006 $14 Billion in Gross Winning Bids 1,262 Licenses Won • Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-1) • 800 MHz Air-Ground • FM Broadcast • Full Power Television

  5. AWS-1 Auction 66 • Auction 66 represented the largest amount of spectrum suitable for deploying wireless broadband ever made available in a single auction. • The revenue from Auction 66 will nearly double the total revenue transferred to the U.S. Treasury from all previous auctions. • Total gross winning bids = $13.9 billion • 104 bidders won 1,087 licenses

  6. 2006 Accomplishments: Licensing • WTB administered over 3 million licenses • In 2006, WTB processed 524,826 applications, including: 172,810 New Licenses/Renewals/Special Temporary Authority 137,132 License Modifications 33,397 Transfers and Assignments 181,487 Other Requests (e.g., construction notifications/administrative updates)

  7. 2006 Accomplishments: Homeland Security • 800 MHz Rebanding • 700 MHz – Public Safety Band • Enhanced 911 Act Implementation Ensuring Reliable Communications Networks that are Critical to Lifesaving Work

  8. 2006 Accomplishments: Broadband • Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) • Broadband Radio Service/Educational Broadband Service (BRS/EBS) Service Rules R&O and Recon Order • 700 MHz Issues • Service Rules NPRM • Guard Band NPRM • Qualcomm Clarification/Waiver Facilitating the Development of Multiple, Competing Broadband Platforms

  9. Additional 2006 Accomplishments • Competition • Spectrum Policy • Modernization

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