Panel: FCC Should Reauction Public Airwaves
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WASHINGTON — Republicans on a congressional panel yesterday said the Federal Communications Commission should reauction a block of public airwaves to the highest bidder and turn the proceeds over to public safety professionals to build a nationwide emergency communications network. The idea was raised as the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet heard testimony on why a plan aimed at using public airwaves and private money to create a nationwide emergency communications network failed to attract any interest in an otherwise successful spectrum auction
