FCC pledges public safety spectrum plan by February

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Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski told Congress today that the FCC would have a new plan for auctioning off a key piece of public safety spectrum by February 2010. Speaking before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Thursday, Genachowski said that plans for the spectrum, commonly referred to as the "D block" on the 700MHz band, are part of the FCC's emerging national broadband plan due to be delivered to Congress next year.

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