United States: Spectrum Auctions To Affect Wireless Medical Telemetry Service - Impact On Hospitals And Device Manufacturers - Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs Creation Act of 2012, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in February 2012, gave the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the authority to conduct auctions of spectrum currently assigned to television broadcasters for future wireless broadband uses.

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