incentive auctions are unpress depted. the u.s. will be the first country in the world to conduct them. it will be a multifaceted task affecting major parts of our economy involving many challenging questions of economics and engineering. fcc staff is analyzing the complex incentive auctions law. it's well over 100 pages. assessing the challenges ahead and developing a plan for emp men tags. incentive auctions are part of our overall agenda to unleash the opportunities of modern communications technology to benefit our economy and all americans. we focused the agent ji on broad band communications wired and wireless. together with my colleagues at the fcc we've made tremendous progress in the past three years taking many steps to unleash investment innovation and job creation. these include freeing spectrum licensed and unlicensed use. and removing barriers to broad band build out. indeed private investment, innovation and job creation are up across the broad band economy. these metrics which are outlined in my written statement ar