# Presentation: 678450

## The Administration’s

**SPECTRUM**** **
**POLICY**** **
**INITIATIVE**

## Why is spectrum management important?

-      148 million Americans have wireless phones
-      The U.S. commercial mobile wireless industry employs almost 200,000 people (187,000)
-      The commercial mobile wireless industry has about $80 billion in annual revenues and reflects about $134 billion cumulative capital investment
-      28 million people are using Wi‐Fi connections in the United States
-      Over 20 million wireless LAN chipsets were shipped in 2002 with 33 million forecast for 2003
-      By 2008, 95% of notebook PCs will be shipped with a wireless LAN card
-      22.6 million Wi‐Fi users will connect to over 50,000 hot spots in the United States, and 75 million Wi‐Fi users will connect to over 165,000 hot spots internationally, by 2008
-      There are 1,721 commercial and educational TV stations, 13,383 radio stations (FM/AM), and 8,544 FM/UHF/VHF translators that consumers currently enjoy.

-      Spectrum provides one of the basic building blocks for America’s telecommunications future.
-      Spectrum-based technologies are key to business and consumer uses that enhance productivity and efficiency and improve quality of life:

_**Why is spectrum management important?**_

## Federal Agency

**Mission**
**Requirements**

**Public Safety**
**(State & local)**
**Mission**
**Requirements**

**Private Sector**
**Market **
**Requirements**

_**Mission to Communications to Spectrum Requirements**_

**                    ****International Telecommunications Union **

##              FCC

**             ****FCC**
**(Independent Agency)**
**	****-  Business**
**	****-  State & Local**
**	****-  Entertainment**
**	****-  Commercial**
**	****-  Private**

## FCC/NTIA Administrative Procedures Document & Input Flow

## Why are we addressing spectrum management now?

**Spectrum management framework created in 1934 ... many feel it is not keeping pace with changes in technology and spectrum use.**
**Current process ... **
**Is not flexible and timely to facilitate the introduction of new technologies or to accommodate the evolution of existing technologies**
**3G services **
**Ultrawideband technology**
**WiFi**
**WRC**
**9/11 ... Homeland Security**
**Does not provide certainty for incumbent users ... rule changes could jeopardize investment & critical operations   **

## Example ... UWB In Many Bands

**30000 – 300000**

**3000 – 30000**** **

**30 - 300**

**3 - 30**

**.3 - 3**

**.003 - .3**

**FREQUENCY**
**(MHz)**

**300 - 3000**

**Example ... UWB In Many Bands**

## Changes (Rulemaking)

_**THE DILEMMA**_

**Spectrum Mgt System (FCC/**
**NTIA)**

- Expand economy
- ... more jobs ... more
- spectrum efficient use
- ... makes life easier

- Critical needs (security,
- public safety) ... large
- investment (Govt & Private Sector) ...
- certainty/predictability/rights ...

- Bureaucracy ...
- timely ...
- expensive ...
- limited technical
- personnel

## Concerns

- Timely spectrum access
- Spectrum sharing
- Spectrum efficiency
- Incumbent adjustments
- Timely introduction & application of new technologies
- Balance between economic benefit & government needs
- Cooperation between regulators and users.
- Regulatory workforce adequacy

## President’s Goal Develop & Implement Spectrum Policy for 21st Century That:

**1. Makes the legal and policy spectrum management framework keep pace with changes in technology and spectrum use**
**2. Improves the timeliness and flexibility of the current process to introduce new technologies and protect critical spectrum uses**
**3. Fosters economic growth**
**4. Ensures national & homeland security**
**5. Maintains U.S. global leadership in communication technology development & services**
**6. Satisfies U.S. spectrum needs (to include, public safety, scientific research, federal transportation and law enforcement)**

## INITIATIVE OBJECTIVES

**    **
**Review spectrum policies & identify revisions that promote effective, efficient & beneficial use of spectrum without unacceptable interference to critical incumbent users to include:**
**A****. ****Facilitate**** a modernized and improved spectrum management system.**
**B****. ****Facilitate policy changes**** to create incentives for more efficient and beneficial use of spectrum and provide a higher degree of predictability and certainty in the spectrum management process as it applies to incumbent users **
**C****. ****Develop policy tools**** to streamline the deployment of new and expanded services and technologies, while preserving national & homeland security, public safety, and encourage scientific research **
**D****. ****Develop means**** to address critical spectrum needs of national & homeland security, public safety, Federal transportation infrastructure, and science.  **

## Approaches

- Secretary of Commerce  Chair and direct work of the Initiative consisting of two courses of spectrum related activities:
**Interagency task force** ... gather individual information & advice ... does not involve collective judgment or consensus advice or deliberation
**Series of public meetings** ... gather input (recommendations for improving policies and procedures for use of spectrum by State and local govt, private sector and sp mgt process as a whole from interested parties (FCC, users, vendors, financial analysts, economists, technologists and consumer groups)

## Items to Deliver to the President by May 29, 2004

**Federal Government Report**** (Task Force):  Recommendations for improving spectrum management policies & procedures to stimulate more effective, efficient & beneficial use of spectrum by Federal Government.**
**State & Local and Private Sector Report**** (Public Meetings): Recommendations for improving policies & procedures for use of spectrum by State & local governments & private sector as well as the spectrum management process as a whole.**
**Note:  Reports to be presented to the President through the Assistant’s to President for Economic Policy & National Security Affairs and in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security.****  **

## Task Force

**DOC Chairperson of the Task Force**
**Secretary (NTIA), Task Force**
**Department of  State**
**Department of Treasury**
**Department of Defense**
**Department of Justice**
**Department of Interior**
**Department of Agriculture**
**Department of Commerce**
**Department of Transportation**
**Department of Energy**
**Department of Homeland Security**
**National Aeronautics and Space Administration**
**Office of Management and Budget**
**Office of Science and Technology Policy**
**Office of Project SAFECOM**

## How are we coming along?  Task Force Discussion Areas

**Decision review processes**
**Strategic Plans**
**Agency Spectrum Needs**
**Spectrum efficiency and effectiveness**
**Analytical techniques**
**New technologies and expanded services**
**Time access**
**Resources**
**Continuing activities**

## Continuing Activities

**Paperless spectrum management initiative**
**Spectrum management reform initiative **
**Web-based coordination**
**FCC/NTIA MOU monthly/biannual planning**
**FCC/NTIA 3G implementation**
**FCC/NTIA/STATE WRC process reform**
**WRC 2003 implementation**
**Receiver standards study**
**Spectrum efficiency & effectiveness study**
**Interference criteria study**
**Compendium of innovative technologies for PS**

## Public Meetings

**Spectrum Efficiency & New Technologies Forum ... NTIA (Dec 9)**
**Spectrum Management Policy Reform Workshop ... National Academy of Sciences (Feb 12-13)**