Kevin Martin, FCC chairman, announced on Friday that there will be a vote to decide whether the 25MHz spectrum in the 2155-2180 MHz advanced wireless services band, or AWS III, will be auctioned or not.

“We’ve had a variety of proposals that had come into the commission originally where some people wanted us to give them the spectrum,” said the chairman in a press conference. There is a time limit of four years to provide a free service to 50% of the population, and to 95% by the end of the licence.

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