Sixteen Michigan lawmakers asked FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski,...
Sixteen Michigan lawmakers asked FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, in a letter last week, to provide an update of the commission’s international coordination efforts for broadcast spectrum holdings along the borders with Canada and Mexico. “As Senators and members of Congress…
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from a state with international borders, we are interested in ensuring that the commission works with Canada and Mexico to preserve opportunities for broadcasting, as well as maximizing the amount of nationwide spectrum made available to meet our nation’s demand for licensed mobile wireless broadband,” the letter said. Specifically the congressmen asked Genachowski to detail who will represent the U.S. in the coordination efforts, the commission’s timeline and its target date of completion, among other questions. The letter was signed by Democratic Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin; House Republicans Dan Benishek, Bill Huizenga, Justin Amash, Dave Camp, Fred Upton, Tim Walberg, Mike Rogers, Candice Miller, Kerry Bentivolio and House Democrats Dan Kildee, Sander Levin, John Dingell, John Conyers, and Gary Peters.