Bipartisan Group Calls for More Unlicensed Spectrum
Advocates more flexibility for FCC
A group of 42 members of Congress, mostly Democrats, are urging the payroll tax cut conference committee to let the Federal Communications Commission make available more unlicensed spectrum, a key policy initiative of companies like Google and Microsoft.
Spectrum legislation is being considered by the conferees as one of the pay-fors in the payroll tax extension package. But the House spectrum bill currently in the payroll tax cut package does not allow the FCC to set aside some of the reclaimed spectrum from broadcasters for unlicensed use.
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