you'll find that the new systems that are being introduced, the wimax and lte will embrace the smarttennas. so they will embrace some of these other technologies. there was certainly use more compression. and the carriers have already announced a plan to use themselves. but as long as there is the hope that they can get new spectrum they don't really have enough pressure to introduce and technologies. and that's the only point that i -- >> host: this is c-span for communicators program. our guest is marty cooper, the inventor of the cell phone. paul kirby at telecommunications reports senior editor is also here. this took her become the next question. >> it's been a debate and will continue to be as how to treat public safety. the plan is going to recommend that the fcc we optioned ten megahertz of other spec drum and leave public safety with ten megahertz nationwide or at the public safety community, a lot of them say we need 20 megahertz, twice as much spectrum as were going to get for broadband purposes. we talk about pectoral efficiency and how it's being used, public safety will

clearwire is coming out with wimax systems at 2.5 gigahertz, and it works very well. you go beyond 3.5 gigahertz or so and the physics starts interfering. so there is a limit to the frequency range. >> host: for the sake of clarification, we talked about broadcasters getting spectrum back, chairman genachowski said the plan would be a voluntary plan, so tv stations could voluntarily return the spectrum and then share in the proceeds of the auction of that spectrum. obviously, that would take legislation, but just to clarify that because there had been fears early on by the broadcasters that the fcc would, in fact, kind of involuntarily reclaim part of that spectrum. >> guest: no, thank you, paul, for claire tie being that. don't get me wrong, i don't think there's anything wrong with redistributing the spectrum, but to believe that that's going to solve this problem is naive. the benefits, notwithstanding peter cursed me a little bit at the beginning, the benefits of broadband, of the ability to send various kinds of data between us is going to be enormously -- we've

when wimax and lte can support high-definition video, that is a competitive service. if something were to happen that would cause a significant to ammunition in this kind of investment, lack of support from the capital markets, forms of regulatory disincentives in the form of regulatory mandates or resell requirements -- or resale requirements,un bundling did not work. we were a competitor on the verge in the 1990's of getting into the phone area. somebody could come along and by government-regulated services from the incumbent. we live in the failure of a regulatory regime. were it to go way for the reasons i mentioned, that would cause me to rethink my position. >> a quick fall on that -- -- a quick follow-up on that -- maybe there will be the kind of market dominance. >> i want to see those applications come forward the interesting thing about the dynamics between band with and applications, the improvements don't just come on the band with cyprus they also come in the more application -- efficient -- than with side, they also come in the application side which is

i would support a government quota that would apply to us and say x percentage should be this and wimaxbe bad and it doesn't apply to anybody also there are other rules in the past that seemed to affect this area like fin-syn. if there should be an industry review, i am sure nbc will have a point of view on that matter but i don't think this merger changes that trend or that existence if anything would come with an open mind not to just want to make history with our comcast networks. a substantial percentage of our programming is from independent. six out of every seven cable channels we carry after the merger will have no financial interest in and we have got to compete with other carriers in the programs they want to carry so whatever has been happening inside this industry we come and will try to see how to get the best programming possible in the future. >> you will inherit do this 10 nbc television stations. 17 telemundo stations. are there other communities in which you would have to nbc stations or two stations, and also in which you are the dominant cable provider and should it