700 MHz spectrum could be freed up in '09.

Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Now that TV broadcasters have accepted a hard date for the transition to digital TV, lobbying for parts of the spectrum probably will ratchet up. Indeed, 20 megahertz of the spectrum being made available from the transition to digital TV should be set aside for unlicensed uses, the New America Foundation urged Congress last week.

"We strongly recommend that roughly one-third of the TV band spectrum reallocated for wireless services be reserved for shared, unlicensed wireless broadband, which is particularly important for extending affordable Internet access to rural and other under-served areas,'' said Michael Calabrese, vice president & director of the Wireless Future Program of the New America Foundation. ...

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