FCC INFOGRAPHIC – “SPEC IT OUT!” – ILLUSTRATES CONSUMER IMPACT OF MOBILE BROADBAND EXPLOSION

1. Spec it out!
S PECTRUM
is the public airwaves, which
Americans use every day.
Without spectrum, you can’t
make cell phone calls, download
digital textbooks, email on your
smartphone, download an app
to your tablet, use a remote
control, or listen to the radio.
WHY DOES SPECTRUM MATTER NOW?
THE SPECTRUM CRUNCH
While demand for spectrum is exploding, the amount
JOB CREATION available for mobile broadband is relatively static.
$38b
771,000
NEW JOBS
BY 2015 *
$4b
in mobile broadband traffic
BY 2015
$300m
Without additional spectrum,
2009 2011 PROJECTED 2015
EXPECT DELAYS
APPS ECONOMY
more dropped calls &
*According to study by Deloitte
slower downloads
REVENUE = JOBS
MOBILE DATA EXPLOSION
TA B L E T S
300m
ACTIVE CELLPHONES
122x
more data than
smartphones
SMARTPHONES
24x
more data than
traditional
cellphones
TRADITIONAL
CELLPHONES
Companies can decide to give back underused spectrum. The FCC would auction
H O W TO S O LV E T H E S P E C T R U M C R U N C H
that spectrum to those that provide wireless broadband services. The volunteers
VOLUNTARY INCENTIVE AUCTIONS would retain a portion of the auction proceeds, and the rest of the proceeds
would go to the U.S. Treasury.
UNDERUSED SPECTRUM NEEDS SPECTRUM
VOLUNTEERS WIRELESS COMPANIES
AUCTIONS
AUCTIONEER
PROFITS
$300 BILLION
CONSUMER
V O LU N TA R Y I N C E N T I V E A U C T I O N B E N E F I T S BENEFITS
GENERATE AS MUCH AS $30 BILLION 10X
PROFITS
DRIVES BREAKTHROUGHS
E N E R GY E F F I C E N CY
THROUGH SMART GRID
MOBILE
LEARNING
LIFE-SAVING
REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS
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