Senate nears vote on rethinking U.S. spectrum - InternetNews.com

WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee yesterday passed a bill that would direct two federal agencies overseeing the nation's wireless spectrum to conduct an inventory to determine how the various bands of airwaves are being used.

The Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, introduced by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), cleared the Commerce Committee by unanimous vote. The bill now awaits consideration by the full Senate...