Supercommittee Members Want Feds to Sell Their Spectrum

Congressmen worried selling only broadcast spectrum won't be enough

Maybe it's finally dawned on Congress that TV broadcasters may not be all that anxious to hand over their spectrum to be auctioned off, leaving the wireless industry without the spectrum it needs to meet growing demand. That seemed to be the premise of a letter four members of the "supercommittee" charged with coming up with ways to reduce the federal deficit sent to President Obama, asking him to free some of the spectrum owned by the government up for sale.

The letter—written by Sens.

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