FCC’s Incentive Auction Task Force

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the formation of the Incentive Auction Task Force, chaired by Ruth Milkman. The Task Force represents the full range of talent and expertise at the agency, including Rick Kaplan and Bill Lake, the leaders of our Wireless Telecommunications and Media Bureaus; Julie Knapp, the head of our Office of Engineering and Technology, our Chief Economist Marius Schwartz and our Chief Technologist Henning Schulzrinne, our General Counsel Austin Schlick and others.

The task force has its work cut out for it to both maximize the amount of spectrum that can be allocated to mobile services and sort out the repacking of broadcast TV stations in a smaller segment of the radio band. It's a process that's expected to take five to eight years.