TVNewsCheck, Apr 12 2010, 8:43 AM ET
Last week Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said in an interview that he thinks technology will solve rising mobile broadband demand and that the FCC should leave broadcasters alone. This surprised a lot of people, but it shouldn't have. It's old news. If you talk to people (including many from the wireless industry) off the record, almost no one really foresees a looming nationwide spectrum crisis. Some people think the country would be a lot better off with more spectrum for mobile broadband, but that's a value judgment. It's not the same thing as an acute spectrum shortage.
So Mr. Seidenberg's comments weren't surprising. But a spirited blog post by Edward Lazarus, the FCC's chief of staff, responding to Mr. Seidenberg, did surprise me. Titled "The Record Is Clear: America Needs More Spectrum," the post basically tells Mr. Seidenberg that he's just wrong, because the National Broadband Plan record shows "overwhelming" agreement that we need more broadband spectrum. Mr. Lazarus calls Mr. Seidenberg's comments "rather baffling" because Verizon Wireless has supported additional broadband spectrum allocations.
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