The opening sentence to the FCC's announcement really tells the whole story: "To say that a spectrum auction is long overdue is an understatement." Wireless carriers have been complaining about a lack of spectrum for quite a while as the demand for wireless service has skyrocketed over the past few years. Now, the FCC is finally planning its first major wireless spectrum auctions since 2008.The FCC is getting ready to auction off the H block of spectrum for mobile broadband use; and, according to analysts speaking with the Wall Street Journal, the four major U.S. wireless carriers ...