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Ed Markey: We moved over 200 megahertz of spectrum to create the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cell phone companies.

On the recordJuly 28, 2015
We moved over 200 megahertz of spectrum to create the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cell phone companies.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey recalls past efforts to increase spectrum availability, leading to a revolution in mobile communications.

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