From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   The President's Council of Advisors on Policy and Technology's   
   recommendation that the growing demand for wireless spectrum be met by   
   sharing frequencies with the federal government is getting a cold   
   reception from the wireless industry.   
      
   AT&T, other wireless operators, and their lobbying trade association   
   have been embarked on a fierce campaign in Washington to free up   
   additional spectrum they can use to meet growing demands for wireless   
   data. Unfortunately, clearing spectrum that can be re-purposed for   
   wireless phone companies requires complicated, and often expensive   
   frequency reassignments as existing users relocate elsewhere. With the   
   federal government holding a large swath of spectrum for the use of a   
   range of public safety, research, and military applications, the best   
   source for new frequencies comes from Washington.  PCAST's final   
   200-page report urges the Commerce Department prioritize locating   
   1000MHz of frequencies that could be re-purposed for private wireless   
   communications. But the council also recommended that frequencies   
   could be more quickly made available by asking wireless telecom   
   companies to share them with existing users.   
      
   https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7021992184.pdf   
      
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