The Department of Justice said wireless broadband services may be an attractive option for users without high-speed Internet access and could provide more competition to cable, fiber and DSL services. But such options can’t be possible unless federal regulators release more spectrum for mobile broadband services.

The comments by the antitrust division of Justice were filed Monday to the Federal Communications Commission, supporting a growing agreement among regulators that the infrastructure of wireless networks at hand today won’t support the explosive growth of wireless smartphone use in the near future.

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