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Editor’s note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes’ bio below. LAS VEGAS–The message at yesterday’s CES Tech Policy Summit was all about spectrum, and the looming crisis brought on by exploding demand for mobile broadband relying on limited frequencies. Speakers including FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and three of his four fellow commissioners all sounded the same theme: the …

You may be able to get your sweetie a Verizon iPhone this Valentine’s Day. Kent German/CNET On the heels of Verizon’s announcement of a special press conference on January 11, Boy Genius Report says a source has confirmed that Apple has blacked out retail employee vacation time for February 3 to February 6, covering a possible Verizon iPhone launch weekend. …