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October 2015
Past Event
Cautionary Lessons from Canada's Spectrum Policy: Canada's Pursuit of Wireless Competition through Exclusionary Auction Rules

Cautionary Lessons from Canada's Spectrum Policy: Canada's Pursuit of Wireless Competition through Exclusionary Auction Rules

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
October 16, 2015
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16
October 2015
Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

Speakers:
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Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet

Paul Beaudry

Associate, Stikeman Elliott LLP and former Senior Policy Advisor, Minister of Industry, Canada

As the FCC prepares for the upcoming broadcast spectrum incentive auction, a look north to Canada’s auction experiences provides valuable insight on how to craft U.S. spectrum auctions to promote competition and innovation in the wireless market. On Friday, October 16th, Canadian telecommunications law and policy expert Paul Beaudry joined Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Harold Furchtgott-Roth for a discussion on Canada’s attempts to promote wireless competition through exclusionary spectrum auction rules.

Paul Beaudry is an associate in the Ottawa office of Stikeman Elliott LLP, where he practices competition law and advises clients on telecommunications law and policy matters. Formerly a senior policy advisor to the Canadian Minister of Industry, Mr. Beaudry contributed to landmark government decisions that modernized Canada’s telecommunications regulatory framework and accelerated the deregulation of local telephony. Mr. Beaudry is also a research associate at the Montreal Economic Institute, a pro-market think tank. He holds a law degree from the Université de Montréal.

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