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Former FCC Chair Stumps For Spectrum
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 7:42am
FORMER FCC CHAIR STUMPS FOR SPECTRUM
[SOURCE: internetnews.com, AUTHOR: Andy Patrizio]
After a string of engineering talks, the annual Hot Chips conference took a turn toward Washington as former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Reed Hundt took the stage for the afternoon keynote. At first, it was a stand-up routine, with Hundt making self-deprecating jokes and taking a few shots at Washington. But then he got around to the point of his speech: encouraging the final wireless spectrum, the 700 MHz band, to remain in the hands of those who would keep it freely accessible to all. That includes himself and his company Frontline Wireless, of which he is a co-founder and vice chairman.
http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/3695826

