Small Company in the big Airwaves Fight


	Small Company in the big Airwaves Fight

Andrew Gillies

8-25-2008 9:25 AM

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The Post profiles a small Virginia company, Shared Spectrum, addressing the matter of unused airwaves. Other big players here: the National Association of Broadcasters and Google.

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