Microsoft Corp. spent nearly $2 million in the third quarter to lobby on issues ranging from cybersecurity to trade measures and patent reform, according to a recent disclosure report.
The software giant lobbied on efforts to map and expand the availability of high-speed Internet access and supported new rules recently approved by the Federal Communications Commission that will allow the use of "white spaces" -- the unused, unlicensed spectrum between television channels -- to deliver wireless broadband access.
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