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The Internet Innovation Alliance is a broad-based coalition of business and non-profit organizations that aim to ensure every American, regardless of race, income or geography, has access to the critical tool that is broadband Internet. The IIA seeks to promote public policies that support equal opportunity for universal broadband availability and adoption so that everyone, everywhere can seize the benefits of the Internet - from education to health care, employment to community building, civic engagement and beyond.

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Capital Spending on Wireless Networks Would Generate Additional $50 Billion in GDP Annually and More Than 330,000 New Jobs.

Based on multiplier approach finding that average annual capital spending during build out period will be approximately $16.5 billion for long-run maintenance and upgrade for the 300 MHz of spectrum the FCC is currently proposing to reassign, it would generate an additional $50 billion in VDP annually and more than 330,00 new jobs.

Research Area: Economy

Tags: economy, broadband, jobs, telework, network infrastructure

“Private Sector Investment and Employment Impacts of Reassigning Spectrum to Mobile Broadband in the United States”
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