Column: Spectrum sale will enhance economy and national security

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A great but unheralded feature of the One Big Beautiful Bill passed in July was an authorization for the Federal Communications Commission to raise $88 billion to $100 billion through electronic spectrum auctions. Selling this additional 600-800 megahertz of bandwidth to the private sector will enable the U.S. to expand 5G and even 6G technology, ensuring American dominance in internet, artificial intelligence and satellite technologies. President Donald Trump gets this, and earlier this year he posted on his Truth Social account that he supports freeing up “plenty of SPECTRUM for auction” to assure America’s “status as the Worldwide Leader in...