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Brian Schatz: “The financial incentives are just not there when you're talking about the auctions.”

On the recordMarch 1, 2016
The financial incentives are just not there when you're talking about the auctions.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Discusses the lack of financial motivation for unlicensed spectrum in auctions.

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