• Hillicon Valley, Thursday, November 3, 2011 2:26 PM

Hear the clash of swords! CITA, the wireless company trade association, calls broadcast television a dying industry, while broadcasters swipe back by calling the statement "shockingly arrogant" -- and question the wireless industry's commitment to racial diversity.

Brendan Sasso reminds us that the root of the disagrement is "the dispute over how to distribute spectrum, the public airwaves that devices use to transmit signals. Television stations control some of the most powerful frequencies, and the wireless companies argue they need more spectrum to meet the needs of smartphones and tablet computers."

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