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Shapiro Hails House Spectrum Bill as ‘Innovative’ Legislation

CEA President Gary Shapiro called the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act (HR-1641) “innovative, bipartisan legislation that addresses our spectrum crunch and achieves deficit reduction," in a Tuesday statement. "Consumers need more spectrum for mobile broadband as they want and expect their…

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tablets and smartphones will get video,” Shapiro said. “To ensure that our nation has enough supply to keep up with demand, we need the effective and efficient use of spectrum, both commercially and by government. By incentivizing federal government users to consider terminating or sharing existing spectrum assignments, Congress will free up spectrum that will improve wireless innovation and job creation.”