CTS 2011: More mobile spectrum needed, now

By Alan Breznick

TORONTO - With the broadband market still growing briskly and shifting drastically in the direction of data and video applications, telecom service providers and equipment suppliers are scrambling desperately to keep up with the changes and find more spectrum to use.That was the consensus that emerged from a panel discussion at the Canadian Telecom Summit earlier this week. Panelists addressed how the broadband market is changing and how they are aiming to meet its swiftly changing needs, particularly on the wireless side.“We’re all in a race to catch up with consumer demand,” said Dean Brenner, vice-president of government affairs for...