"Spectrum Crunch" Is a Lie

Wireless providers are rallying around the cry of "spectrum crunch," or the notion that America will soon run out of available broadband capacity as increasingly popular smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices drain the airwaves. The problem is: That's not entirely true. Carriers have made it sound like more spectrum is the only solution to our growing mobile-phone usage, but there's another way to fill the air. Companies are already developing technology to alleviate the strain of smartphones on the system, and one of them is going to hit the jackpot.