Sentence examples for spectrum crunch from inspiring English sources

"The spectrum crunch is real," he said.

LightSquared has argued that its network would have relieved a potential "spectrum crunch" and created billions of dollars of investment and thousands of jobs in support of President Obama's push to expand wireless Internet access around the country.

India, the operators complain, faces a "spectrum crunch".In November Sunil Mittal, the chairman of Bharti Airtel, wrote to India's telecoms secretary describing the "extreme anguish" caused by the "pitiful" amounts of spectrum granted to operators using GSM technology, the dominant standard that is used by three-quarters of Indian subscribers.

All eyes will be on Sprint Nextel, a large wireless firm, which has an agreement with LightSquared to build and operate its network.Ironically, the LightSquared saga also represents something of a hiccup for the FCC, which has been telling anyone who will listen that America faces a looming "spectrum crunch" unless more airwaves are freed for wireless use.

The auction for such a huge chunk of spectrum said to be more than America's big four wireless carriers currently have between them should go a long way to overcoming the "spectrum crunch" mobile-phone companies have begun to experience since introducing data-hungry devices like the iPad and other tablet computers.

Arguably the most important strategy in avoiding a spectrum crunch is resource sharing.

"This could prove critical in averting a global spectrum capacity crunch, as consumers demand more bandwidth over different devices," noted Ed Richards, Ofcom Chief Executive, in a statement.

The 64-page report, called Future of Innovation in Television Technology Taskforce, says there must be rigorous plans for the "protection of broadcast services" before the spectrum "capacity crunches really begin to bite".

Those needs, along with the exploding growth of wireless networks and limited spectrum resources, have created a capacity crunch and high interference in today's wireless networks.

Such relative tightness of money at the short end of the spectrum is supposed to signal a liquidity crunch and an impending recession.

Companies like NextWave, which holds some little-used spectrum licenses, stand to gain from the crunch because they will be able to profitably lease or transfer their spectrum, says Arbogast.