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online.wsj.com - 10/28/2009

FCC May Take Back TV Airwaves

— online.wsj.com — AMY SCHATZ WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are considering taking back some airwaves from television broadcasters and auctioning them off... to wireless companies to increase the availability of wireless broadband services. Federal Communications ... (more) FCC May Take Back TV Airwaves

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actuarialoutpost.com - 10/20/2009

I got this from a friend who is a Network Engineer at ATT. Thoughts?

— actuarialoutpost.com — Let your voice be heard: Internet regulation is bad for consumers, jobs, investment and universal broadband TO:... All U.S.-based managers Over the last few weeks an extraordinary number of voices expressed concern over news reports that the Federal ... (more) I got this from a friend who is a Network Engineer at ...

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androphones.com - 10/16/2009

EXCLUSIVE: Motorola Sholes Passes FCC

— androphones.com — Posted on: October 16, 2009 / Category: Android Phones While we were browsing the FCC recent aproved... handsets we came across this file from Motorola that was aproved yesterday, Oct. 15. As you can see in the above picture they missed a spot when they ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: Motorola Sholes Passes FCC

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How To Get Spectrum Back From TV For More Useful Purposes
Techdirt — ... , the FCC is also talking to broadcasters about other ways to reclaim some spectrum and put it to use on something more useful and productive. Apparently, the plan on the table right now would be for broadcasters to give up the spectrum in return for a cut of the revenue the government would get in auctioning off the spectrum for wireless use. Of course, some may find it distasteful that public spectrum that was given to these companies for free can then get sold off with at least some of the money going to those who never bought or truly "owned" the ...

Decision Time: Does the Nation Need TV or Mobile Broadband? [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... in mind, the FCC has approached a reluctant broadcast industry about auctioning off some of that spectrum to carriers and sharing the proceeds of that auction. (A CES study issued last Friday put the value of that spectrum at $62 billion.) Given that unlike the carriers, broadcasters have never paid for their spectrum, some people think this plan is kind of like paying squatters to get off useful land. However, Stifel analysts think any effort to get the spectrum released would require an act of Congress and a considerable legislative fight. Given ...

Let's Make a Deal: Broadcasters, Mobile Broadband, and a Market in Spectrum
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog — ... Barbara Esbin and I have just released a new paper on discussing the possibility of reallocating a portion of broadcast television spectrum for alternative purposes, namely, mobile broadband. As I discussed here before, ...