Utilities urge White House to address spectrum issues.

RCR Wireless News, July, 2001 by SILVA, JEFFREY

WASHINGTON--Energy, water and railroad industries--key sectors of the nation's critical infrastructure--have urged the Bush administration to address pressing spectrum needs, which have been largely neglected since the passage of a 1993 budget law authorizing the federal government to sell the airwaves to commercial wireless carriers.

A coalition of utility organizations told the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a Commerce Department unit that advises the White House on telecom policy, that energy deregulation, limitations on use of commercial wireless services and lack of exclusive frequencies will make access to spectrum critical in coming years. Congress last year directed NTIA to study current and future uses of...

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