What to Look for in the Upcoming CMS Show-and-Tell to Congress
In 2003 legislation required Medicare to begin a competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment. Later legislation delayed implementation until 2009. To support the original requirement in...
View ArticleCMS To Implement Faulty Auction Rules — Will Lead to Shortages of Medical...
The following a statement by Steve Pociask, President of the ACI: “The CMS bidding process is so fatally flawed that it will fail to find sustainable market prices for medical equipment. This will...
View ArticleBroadband Spectrum: Missing in Action
We are a nation dependent on wireless broadband. For personal communications, for internet-based applications and for business operations, wireless broadband services are wildly popular among...
View ArticleACI in Real Clear Policy: Say No to Wireless Auctions Restrictions
Real Clear Policy published an ACI blog that calls for open and competitive bidding rules for the upcoming wireless broadband auction. To make matters worse, T-Mobile and Sprint have recently called...
View ArticleBehemoth Pretends to be a Small Business
AWS-3 was an auction for 65 megahertz of broadband spectrum that wrapped up at the end of January. The winning bids drew a total of $45 billion for spectrum that is largely occupied by government...
View ArticleACI in the Daily Caller: $3.3 Billion That Belongs To The Public
In the FCC’s recent incentive auction for spectrum, a total of $41 billion was bid. As expected, the winning bidders tended to be enormous, but this time, exceedingly small Northstar Wireless and SNR...
View ArticleThe Hill’s Congress Blog: America’s Obsession With Spectrum
Consumers are using wireless communications services at a torrid pace. These services’ 336 million subscribers use wireless connections to make conventional voice calls, send texts, and get access to...
View ArticleACI in the Daily Caller: Spectrum Auction Shenanigans
Dish Network and T-Mobile are reportedly in talks about a possible merger, a move motivated by Dish’s recent acquisition of wireless broadband spectrum at the AWS-3 spectrum auction. Dish and...
View ArticleIs Dish Cheating Consumers?
The Heartland Institute quotes ACI in an article on Dish Network’s entities and their alleged collusive and coordinated bidding at the last FCC wireless broadband auction. Dish, a $15B in revenue...
View ArticleGetting 5G Regulations Right the First Time Around
Fifth-generation mobile wireless (5G) standards have been drafted and early stage public trials will be underway in the first half of this year. To move 5G beyond its infancy, US network operators and...
View ArticleNearly 1,000 TV Stations are Moving to New Channels. Here’s What You Need to...
A total of 987 TV stations will be moving to new channels over the next two years, part of the Federal Communications Commission’s effort to make more spectrum available to meet the exploding demand...
View ArticleCMS To Implement Faulty Auction Rules — Will Lead to Shortages of Medical...
The following a statement by Steve Pociask, President of the ACI: “The CMS bidding process is so fatally flawed that it will fail to find sustainable market prices for medical equipment. This will...
View ArticleCoalition Letter: Importance of Quick C-Band Auction
Professor Joseph Fuhr and ACI’s President, Steve Pociask, signed on to an important coalition letter, calling for the acceleration of the C-Band auctions at the FCC. You can read the entire coalition...
View ArticleRecap: Why the FCC Repack is Important for Consumers
Radio waves may be invisible to the naked eye, but the regulated spectrum of frequencies is one of America’s most important resources. To ensure that the nation’s infrastructure is ready to support...
View ArticleFCC Must Keep C-Band Auctions on Schedule
Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided it would auction off a portion of spectrum to wireless internet providers. It is imperative that the FCC does not push back the...
View ArticleFCC Must Keep C-Band Auctions on Schedule
Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided it would auction off a portion of spectrum to wireless internet providers. It is imperative that the FCC does not push back the...
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