New broadband providers should be given a better chance of winning pieces of valuable wireless spectrum to be auctioned by early next year, several groups said Friday. The groups, including Google Inc., startup Frontline Wireless LLC and consumer advocate Public Knowledge, called on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to change the way it auctions spectrum when it sells off 60Mhz of spectrum to be freed up when U.S. television stations move to all-digital broadcasts. We need to have a better choice than big carriers eating up all the spectrum. The airwaves are cramped enough... Groups call for competitive spectrum auction |