FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Wednesday the FCC will move...

airwaves available for Wi-Fi in that band through increased sharing with government users, including the Defense Department. “It’s time to move,” he said. “I think we can predict a Wi-Fi traffic jam in the same way that we can project a mobile spectrum crunch.” Genachowski said the FCC would take up an initiative at its February meeting. The initiative will “increase and free up the unlicensed spectrum available for ultra-high-speed, high-capacity Wi-Fi -- known as ‘Gigabit Wi-Fi’ -- by up to 35 percent,” the FCC said in a news release. “This effort will enable higher data speeds and greater capacity -- most notably, improved HD video distribution capability.” CEA President Gary Shapiro said at the start of his annual face-to-face discussion with the FCC chairman that the association wants to bestow on him a new title. “We want to call you the spectrum chairman, because freeing up more spectrum for wireless broadband has really been what you're about,” Shapiro said. “Here in this room we have talked about spectrum and you've been passionate about it.” Genachowski credited fellow members of the FCC and commission staff. “We don’t agree on everything, but we do agree on what the large challenges are facing the country” and the need “to work together to get things done,” he said. The session was interrupted by someone who stood up to shout questions at Genachowski about the health risks posed by radio frequency exposure. “You're giving people cancer and you know it,” the man shouted before being ushered out of the conference by security personnel.