# In an op-ed, Prof. Lawrence White discusses the FCC's spectrum incentive auction & the MSS spectrum

1 Faculty News July 23, 2013 ![The Hill logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030753.jpg?itok=4pS9K_Ot)>

Excerpt from [The Hill](http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/312609-broadcast-spectrum-is-not-the-only-spectrum-available) -- "While the incentive auction is important and deserves the attention it is receiving from the commission and Congress, attention should also be paid to another category of spectrum: the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) spectrum. This is the most immediately available spectrum—indeed, the only significant block of spectrum that is already licensed but not deployed."

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