Lawmakers urge FCC to hold off controversial proposals
Submitted by Dominic Haber on Sat, 12/13/2008 - 18:29There is likelihood that a spectrum auction opposed by cell phone companies be postponed, as two prominent US lawmakers urged Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday to delay action on contentious items ahead of the transition to digital television.
FCC’s free wireless network plan faces opposition
Submitted by Amandeep Dhaliwal on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 20:27The voting on the controversial auction of 25 megahertz of radio spectrum in the 2,155- to 2,180-MHz band might be delayed. Democrat Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia wants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to refrain from taking up major items while it oversees the February 2009 transition to digital television.











