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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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