Two associations join private industry in opposing sale of unused wireless spectrum to Verizon Two associations representing rural telecommunications companies are among the members of a new group opposing the proposed purchase of unused wireless spectrum by Verizon Wireless. Verizon is offering $3.6 billion to the nation’s largest cable companies for spectrum they currently own but don’t use. The Alliance for Broadband Competition argues the deal would cause “irreversible damage” to efforts to improve and expand wireless and Wi-Fi networks. “This deal would mean a win for the principles of consolidation, not competition,” the alliance states on its website. It adds that… Read More