FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's plan to bring open access to one-third of the 700 MHz spectrum band, which will hit the auction block next January, appears to have the necessary support of two out of four commissioners. The plan is also backed by AT&T, which initially opposed any open access. It falls short of Google's request for total open access.
During a congressional hearing Tuesday before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, members of the Federal Communications Commission Latest News about Federal Communications Commission (FCC) came out in favor of a plan that would bring open access to one-third of the airwaves set for auction in January.
The 700 MHz band spectrum used by broadcast television stations will be available to the highest bidder once the switch to digital broadcasts takes place in February 2009. The FCC will auction off those soon-to-be-vacant airwaves in January 2008.
It was the first public indication of how the commissioners viewed the proposal put forth by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin two weeks ago.
Source: technewsworld.com
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