STATEMENT OF
COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN
Re: Fostering Innovation and Investment in the Wireless Communications 
Market, GN Docket No. 09-157; A National Broadband Plan For Our Future, GN 
Docket No. 09-51
It is very exciting to embark on this quest to expand and inform our understanding 
of key innovations in the wireless market.  At the outset, I want to thank Chairman 
Genachowski for his leadership in initiating this Notice of Inquiry which is intended to 
build on already successful policies in this critical sector. 
The wireless marketplace continues to evolve.  The past decades of technological 
advancements and innovations in software, content and handsets are remarkable, 
capturing the attention of consumers across all demographics.   The inquiry we start 
today is designed to canvass specific areas of wireless innovation, understand any 
regulatory encumbrances, and elicit new information on how to best promote and enable 
wireless innovations.   I think our efforts here, combined with today’s inquiry into 
competitive conditions in the mobile wireless market, are important steps in the right 
direction.  The extent to which our inquiry will lead to greater competition and 
innovation in the wireless market can only inure to the benefit of the American consumer.
I am particularly pleased that this item seeks comment on the best methods for 
repurposing spectrum and the cost factors associated with such reallocations.  The 
questions we raise regarding access models and mechanisms are equally important.  As 
this Notice correctly recognizes, spectrum availability for new services and applications 
is an ongoing challenge and a handicap on wireless innovation.  I greatly look forward to 
hearing from all of you on ways we can spur the innovative and intensive use of 
spectrum.
Finally, I am well aware of the protracted interference disputes that can arise 
when new services and devices are sought to be introduced into a particular shared or 
adjacent spectrum band.  So I’m pleased that this item raises questions regarding 
alternative approaches to managing spectrum interference.  I’m eager to hear back from 
the public on this and all of the other important questions raised in this Notice.
I thank the staff of both the Wireless Bureau and the Office of Engineering and 
Technology for your hard work on this item which I’m pleased to support.