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It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the FCC and its chairman, Julius Genachowski. I think the issues they are examining and decisions they are making are very important to the communications industry – especially for wireless – so I wanted to take a few minutes to review and discuss the latest.

Last week, the FCC opened a “request for comments” on broadband spectrum that will be used for the broadband stimulus. The FCC is looking to examine “the sufficiency of current spectrum allocations in spectrum bands, including but not limited to the prime spectrum bands below 3.7 GHz.” Basically, they want to know if there is enough spectrum available to support the broadband stimulus programs...