Summary:
Engineers from the Federal Communications Commission engineers have been in Seattle this week, testing whether a proposed free wireless service would interview with spectrum that T-Mobile recently bought for more than $4 billion.
The FCC is considering an auction for an unused chunk of the spectrum, and will require any new license holder to offer some free high speed wireless service in a move to expand broadband to people who can't get it for geographic or economic reasons.
Startup company M2Z, which is backed by a major Silicon Valley venture capital firm, plans to bid for the spectrum if the auction moves forward.