Who used up the radio spectrum? Treating the broadcast spectrum as a free but scarce resource has led to hoarding, inefficiency and waste. From: Business Communications Review | Date: January 1, 1992| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1992 BCR Enterprises, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Who Used Up the Radio Spectrum?

Treating the broadcast spectrum as a free but scarce resource has led to hoarding, inefficiency and waste. Perhaps it's time to change our assumptions.

The burgeoning mobile communications industry in the U.S. faces a major problem. The ideal spectrum location for a host of proposed new services lies between 500 and 3,000 MHz. But that spectrum has already been assigned. In fact, everything from 9 kHz all the way up to 300 GHz has been allocated. Can the U.S. maintain its world leadership in telecommunications if new products in a key growth ...

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