Spectrum showdown: Broadcasters facing another fight | Internet News

Spectrum showdown: Broadcasters facing another fight

Written By
Kenneth Corbin
Kenneth Corbin
Oct 29, 2009
1 minute read

We’re well accustomed to thinking of spectrum as a limited resource. You simply can’t create more airwaves.

And if there’s been one [consistent refrain from the wireless industry](/mobility/article.php/3816101/Spectrum+Front+and+Center+for+Wireless+Industry.htm) in recent years, it is that the government agencies overseeing spectrum need to make more of it available to support the expansion of wireless data networks.

But, again, we’re dealing with a finite resource, so that spectrum has to come from somewhere.

And that’s where the fight will be.

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