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Associations work to influence pivotal spectrum auction

Federal Communications Commission plan for more nationwide broadband will ‘touch everyone who is connected to the Internet' Valdez Communication and technology companies and their many associations are staking out positions—and lobbying like crazy—on a government proposal that could shake up the wireless world. The Federal Communications Commission aims to make more powerful mobile broadband available nationwide, by encouraging local television stations to sell some or all of their UHF spectrum rights in a 2014 "incentive auction," in exchange for some of the proceeds. The FCC will "repack" the channels among participating stations, freeing up frequencies that can be… Read More