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- Eric Stark
- Associate Administrato=
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Office of Policy Analysis and Development
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- Seattle, Washington
- July 24, 2008
- www.ntia.doc.gov
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- Principal adviser to the President on telecommunications and informa=
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policy issues
- Manage Federal Government use of frequency spectrum
- Represent the Executive Branch in international & domestic
telecommunications policy activities
- Enhance the public interest by generating, articulating, and advocat=
ing
telecommunications and information policies and programs
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- Policies that Fuel New Technology Adoption
- Broadband Deployment
- Spectrum Management
- Digital Television (DTV) Transition
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- Premise:
- Private sector action – not government mandates or interventi=
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- Regulatory environment to foster capital investment, technical
innovation, and competition
- Framework: Integrated Set of Mutually-Reinforcing Policies
- Fiscal
- Regulatory
- Technology
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- Advanced Wireless Services
(“3G”)
- Ultra-wideband
- 5 GHz Spectrum
- 70/80/90 GHz
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- Transparency promotes competition; broadband providers should disclo=
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network management practices
- Competitive pressures provides the most effective discipline on
broadband providers
- Incentives must remain in place for new Internet capacity; ability of
providers to price and/or manage networks should not be limited
- Avoid prescriptive regulation; defining “network management=
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will be overtaken by technology developments
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- “The existing l=
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May 29, 2003
- Committed the Administration to develop a comprehensive U.S. spectrum
policy for the 21st century
- The Secretary of Commerce was charged to lead this initiative
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- Project A / Domestic Policies:
Improve Stakeholder Participation and Maintain High
Qualifications of Spectrum Managers
- Project B / International Policies:=
Reduce International Barriers to United States Technologies a=
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Services
- Project C / Information Technology:=
Modernize Federal Spectrum Management Processes with Advanced
Information Technology
- Project D / Public Safety:
Satisfy Public Safety Communications Needs and Ensure
Interoperability
- Project E / Engineering Analysis and Technology Assessment: Enhance Spectrum Engineerin=
g and
Analytical Tools
- Project F / System Review and Spectrum Authorization: Promote Efficient and Effec=
tive
Use of Spectrum
- Project G / Spectrum Planning and Reform: Improve Planning and Increa=
se Use
of Market-based Economic Mechanisms in Spectrum Management
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- NTIA TV Converter Box Coupon Program
- For each analog television using “rabbit ears” or a roo=
ftop
antenna, consumers have a few simple choices:
- Subscribe to cable, satellite, or
other pay TV service, or
- Buy a digital television, or
- Connect existing analog TV set to a
converter box
- A maximum of two $40 coupons may be requested per household
- Can only be used for eligible converter boxes
- Expires after 90 days by law
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- Public Safety Interoperable Communications
- Nearly $1 billion in Grants to States & Territories
- Interoperable Communications Projects
- Equipment Acquisition
- System Deployment
- Training for Personnel
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- "The role of government is not to create wealth; the role of our
government is to create an environment in which the entrepreneur can
flourish, in which minds can expand, in which technologies can reach
new frontiers."
- President George W. Bush, Technology Agenda, November, 2002
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- Q & A
- Eric Stark
- Associate Administrator, Office of Policy
- Analysis and Development
- National Telecommunications & Information Administration
- (202) 482-1880
- estark@ntia.doc.gov
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