Cable Industry Needs Spectrum to Meet Wireless Demand, Say Observers

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With the FCC about to transition to a new chairman and all proceedings on hold for the governmentrnshutdown, it’s hard to know if cable industry efforts to free up unlicensed spectrum for Wi-Fi will be successful, said several communications attorneys and industry observers in interviews. Cable needs unlicensedrnspectrum to bridge the gap between consumer demand for mobile broadband and the availablernwireless spectrum, said New America Foundation Wireless Future Project Director Michael Calabrese in arnreport sponsored by Time Warner Cable released last week (CD Oct 10 p14). “There’s no possible wayrnthe industry can meet consumer demand for movable data at affordable prices using only licensed spectrum,”rnhe told us. “We need to have a second path.”