Spectrum top priority for electronics trade group

Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive of the Consumer Electronics Association, said that pushing for regulatory and congressional action to free up airwaves to handle the burgeoning use of wireless devices will be the top policy initiative of his industry in 2011.

He would like to see next year's Congress take quick action on spectrum reform. Shapiro said telecommunications issues have traditionally been less partisan, and he believes Republican Representative Fred Upton, who will head the House Commerce and Energy Committee next year, intends to continue this bipartisan approach to the sector.