Mark Crosby, longtime pres. of Industrial Telecom Assn., is stepp...

Mark Crosby, longtime pres. of Industrial Telecom Assn., is stepping down to head Access Spectrum, separate guardband bidding unit set up last year by ITA, Motorola, others. He also will remain senior policy adviser to ITA. ITA spokesman said move was “strategic shift” designed to “make sure Access Spectrum succeeds as a healthy source of frequency coordination for ITA.” ITA “already has been molded,” allowing Crosby to concentrate on unit that as band manager paid $69 million for 19 licenses in guardband auction, spokesman said. Crosby, who joined ITA’s predecessor Special Industrial Radio Service Assn. as intern 31 years ago, has been pres. for 26 years. He will be succeeded by ITA Exec. Dir. Laura Smith, ex-FCC staffer who moved to ITA in 1998. Smith worked at FCC for 8 years in Mass Media and Wireless bureaus.