FCC to ask TV stations to yield 500MHz of spectrum for broadband

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bob Poortinga <ip () k9sql us>
> Date: February 25, 2010 11:13:24 AM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: FCC to ask TV stations to yield 500MHz of spectrum for  
> broadband

> For IP if appropriate:
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> <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/tv-stations-asked-to-yield-500mhz-of-spectrum-for-broadband.ars 
> >
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> The Chair of the Federal Communications Commission unveiled a key
> component of the agency's impending National Broadband Plan on
> Wednesday: a program to free up 500MHz of spectrum over the next
> decade for the mobile wireless industry. The agency will propose a
> "Mobile Future Auction" that will allow television broadcasters in
> "spectrum starved" markets to "voluntarily relinquish" licenses in
> exchange for a cut of the auction proceeds.
> ...
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>
> --
> Bob Poortinga  K9SQL
> Bloomington, IN  US



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