‘Unintended outcome’ of high prices paid in recent wireless spect...
“Unintended outcome” of high prices paid in recent wireless spectrum auctions has been to force carriers to curtail infrastructure investment, Gartner Dataquest said in new report. “Because the telecommunications sector is so large, the investment slowdown has actually slowed…
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the U.S. economy,” said Ron Cowles, Gartner analyst for telecom and networking. “The government should consider using a portion of the auction revenue to apply financial incentives for infrastructure development to build advanced networks,” Cowles said. Other steps that govt. could take to stimulate telecom sector investment include investment tax credits, streamlining of rules that inhibit infrastructure deployment and modifying rules that stymie competition, report said. It also said govt. must redefine universal access to include broadband equal access “allowing bandwidth connectivity for advanced services to all areas, business and residential alike.”