http://www.multichannel.com/article/..._Two_Years.php

AT&T and Verizon deserve airwaves more than you do. This is a power
gram. There is tons of unused spectrum. Genachowski must be collared.

"Las Vegas — Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius
Genachowski reiterated his position that the U.S. faces a "spectrum
crunch" and said that if the agency gets the Congressional go-ahead it
could reclaim wireless spectrum from TV broadcasters and auction it
within two years.

Genachowski, in a speech at the Consumer Electronics Show here Friday,
said mobile broadband was critical to fueling the country's economic
growth and keeping it globally competitive.

"The consumer electronics industry is going wireless... We need to free
up more spectrum," Genachowski said. "Unleashing mobile spectrum is at
the top of the FCC's 2011 agenda."

He added, "We could be in a position, if Congress acts, to auction this
spectrum in the next year or two and get that on the market... Every day
we have a delay we'll have a cost to the U.S. in terms of our global
competitiveness."

He called wireless spectrum "the oxygen that sustains our mobile
devices," adding, "This invisible infrastructure is the backbone of a
growing percentage of our economy and our lives."
-multichannel