Making Spectrum Reform "Thinkable"

INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 183 I. THE SPECTRUM REFORM IDEA HAS ITS TIME COME? ..... 188 II. THE CURRENT AGENDA FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM .................................................................................... 193 III. MAXIMIZING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY ............................. 197 A. The Beginning of a Reform.................................................. 199 1. Technological Change .................................................. 199 2. Response to Judicial Action .......................................... 201 3. An Activist Agency....................................................... 203 4. Other Catalytic Events ................................................. 205 B. Matching the Trigger with Policy ...................................... 206 1. Interest Groups ............................................................. 207 2. Consensus in the Policy Community. .......................... 211 CONCLUSIONS POSITIONING THE IDEA ........................................ 212