Consumer Electronics Group Calls Spectrum Issue a ‘National Crisis’ B&C

Weighing in on the ongoing skirmish over whether broadcasters should give up some spectrum for new wireless devices, Consumer Electronics Association president and CEO Gary Shapiro called the lack of spectrum a “national crisis,” reports B&C.

He said a new CEA-funded study estimates that the broadcast spectrum could bring $60 to $100 billion if auctioned off for "creative purposes,” and noted that broadcasters have the “only spectrum out there that has not been paid for."

--Elizabeth Jensen