President Obama Plans to Provide 98% of Americans with 4G Coverage in 5 Years

The White House released this statement yesterday:

President Obama Details Plan to Win the Future through Expanded Wireless Access

Here’s the bullet point version of the Fact Sheet:

1. Provide high-speed 4G wireless service to 98 percent of Americans within five years (2016)
2. Double the wireless spectrum available for mobile broadband by freeing up the 500MHz portion of the spectrum
3. $3 billion of the money paid to the government for access to the 500MHz spectrum will be used for wireless technology R&D
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