Google pitches idea on radio-spectrum auction to FCC

Google has proposed to the FCC that it allow a "real-time airwaves auction model" for the radio spectrum that the FCC will auction off. The Google model would allow a holder of a spectrum license to auction off unused spectrum to other bidders on a wholesale basis. As the basis for its proposal, Google said that in some cases only 5% of available spectrum was currently being used.

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