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phonescoop.com - 10/28/2009

FCC Mulls Retrieving Airwaves from TV Broadcasters

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In order to combat what Chairman Julius Genachowski calls a "looming spectrum gap," the Federal Communications Commission recently said it is giving thought to taking back some airwaves from television broadcasters and then auctioning the airwaves off to wireless ... (follow link to read)

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FCC keen on commandeering TV spectrum for wireless broadband
Engadget — ... service providers. Executing the most extreme version of this plan could generate around $62 billion in auction revenues, though it would require transitioning digital TV viewers over to cable or subscription services and is therefore unlikely. Jules and his crew are still "looking at everything" and ruling out nothing, but we can probably expect to see a moderate shift of TV spectrum rights over to wireless carriers in the final plans when they're revealed in February. [Via Phone Scoop] Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Wearables ...

FCC keen on commandeering TV spectrum for wireless broadband
Engadget HD — ... service providers. Executing the most extreme version of this plan could generate around $62 billion in auction revenues, though it would require transitioning digital TV viewers over to cable or subscription services and is therefore unlikely. Jules and his crew are still "looking at everything" and ruling out nothing, but we can probably expect to see a moderate shift of TV spectrum rights over to wireless carriers in the final plans when they're revealed in February. [Via Phone Scoop] FCC keen on commandeering TV spectrum for wireless broadband originally ...

FCC keen on commandeering TV spectrum for wireless broadband
Engadget Mobile — ... service providers. Executing the most extreme version of this plan could generate around $62 billion in auction revenues, though it would require transitioning digital TV viewers over to cable or subscription services and is therefore unlikely. Jules and his crew are still "looking at everything" and ruling out nothing, but we can probably expect to see a moderate shift of TV spectrum rights over to wireless carriers in the final plans when they're revealed in February. [Via Phone Scoop] FCC keen on commandeering TV spectrum for wireless broadband originally ...