[BC] WSJ: TV may lose bandwidth

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Wall Street Journal:

Federal regulators are considering taking back some airwaves from 
television broadcasters and auctioning them off to wireless companies 
to increase the availability of wireless broadband services.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has 
warned that the U.S. doesn't have enough airwaves set aside for 
wireless broadband service in the future, and the agency is looking 
at a variety of ways to remedy that shortage.

"The record is very clear that we're facing a looming spectrum gap," 
said Blair Levin, a former telecom analyst who is in charge of 
crafting the FCC's national broadband plan, which is expected to lay 
out a variety of things the U.S. can do to increase broadband 
availability and usage. The plan will be released in February.

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