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in place policies that have helped drive progress toward this

milestone, and will continue to promote robust investment in

wireless broadband connectivity, including:

• Initiating the Most Successful Mobile Spectrum Auction in

American History. Setting in motion the highest-grossing

auction of mobile spectrum in American history—raising

more than $41 billion. Freeing up this spectrum for private

investment will lead to better mobile connectivity while

funding important priorities like a first-responders net-

work and reducing the deficit. This success will keep the

momentum for the Federal Communications Commission

(FCC)’s upcoming “incentive auction” of television broad-

cast spectrum slated for early 2016.

• Continuing to Free Up Wireless Spectrum. Concerted gov-

ernment efforts to successfully free up wireless spectrum

previously held by government agencies have, to date,

formally recommended or otherwise identified 335 Mhz of

federal and non-federal spectrum for potential reallocation.

• Expanding Access to Broadband in Rural and Underserved

Areas. Over $7 billion of Recovery Act funding went to

increasing broadband connectivity, including to under-

served areas, which is the foundation of high-speed wire-

less service. In all, these efforts have installed or upgraded

over 174,000 miles of high-speed broadband infrastructure.

The Administration will also continue to support the FCC’s

Universal Service Fund (USF), which has invested over $25

billion since 2008, to encourage investment in high-cost

and rural broadband, both fixed and mobile.

Standing up the Broadband

Opportunity Council.

In March, the President signed a new Presidential Memoran-

dum making good on his promise to stand up a new council

singularly focused on increasing broadband investment and

adoption.

• The council, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Commerce

and Agriculture, includes over twenty-five different govern-

ment agencies and components, all united around clear

policy objectives to:

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Engage with industry and other stakeholders to un-

derstand ways the government can better support the

needs of communities seeking broadband investment;

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