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FCC Chairman Creates Spectrum Task Force

By Juliana Gruenwald
April 26, 2010 | 12:44 PM

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Monday announced he has appointed an inter-agency Spectrum Task Force that will help the commission as it looks for more efficient ways to use spectrum.

The task force, which will be co-chaired by Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief Ruth Milkman and Office of Engineering Technology Chief Julius Knapp, will help promote coordination and collaboration within the FCC as it seeks to identify spectrum that can be used to help promote wireless broadband, one of the key recommendations of the commission's national broadband plan.

"To lead the world in mobile, the FCC must ensure that our nation's spectrum is being put to its highest and best use," Genachowski said in a statement. He added that the broadband plan "lays out a comprehensive roadmap for promoting greater spectrum efficiency and flexibility, and ensuring sufficient spectrum for broadband. The Spectrum Task Force will keep us on this charted course."

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