Every time you make a cell phone call, send a text message, or visit a website on your smartphone, you are using the airwaves. Collectively known at the “electromagnetic spectrum,” airwaves are the lifeblood of mobile communications – but there are only so much of them to go around. Unfortunately, the government agency tasked with governing the airwaves, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
, isn’t very good at managing them. As such, competition, prices, and service quality in the wireless market are suffering.
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