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InternetNews July 9, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Senate Nears Vote on Rethinking U.S. Spectrum A Senate committee yesterday passed a bill that would direct two federal agencies overseeing the nation's wireless spectrum to conduct an inventory to determine how the various bands of airwaves are being used.
InternetNews February 22, 2011	Warner Backs Spectrum Incentive Auction Bill Senator introduces legislation that would grant Federal Communications Commission mandate to transfer spectrum form TV broadcasters to mobile Internet providers.
InternetNews October 25, 2010	FCC Sees $120B Opportunity in Spectrum Plans Federal Communications Commission lays out plans to free up spectrum for mobile broadband networks, warns about "spectrum crunch" if new portions of the airwaves aren't reallocated.
InternetNews February 24, 2011	Tech Lobby, White House Press Spectrum Reform Amid concerns that the surge in mobile computing could overwhelm mobile broadband networks, representatives of big Web companies and government officials outline a path forward.
InternetNews January 5, 2010	Obama Administration Calls for Spectrum Reform Filing from key Commerce Department agency echoes Justice Department appeal and could set the stage for a lively political fight.
InternetNews June 15, 2010	FCC Pressed to Move On White-Space Spectrum The broadband spectrum crunch has senators from both parties calling on the FCC to finally make a call on how and how much available white-space spectrum will be reallocated.
InternetNews April 5, 2010	Battle Lines Take Shape in Spectrum Showdown As it looks to reclaim spectrum for mobile broadband, the FCC is courting a vigorous political fight, with broadcasters, wireless firms and open Internet advocates all to have their say.
InternetNews September 30, 2005 Roy Mark	Katrina May Blow Broadcasters Out of Analog More spectrum and money for first responders is getting renewed Congressional interest in the backwash of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
InternetNews June 3, 2010	Feds Scrambling to Avert Spectrum Shortfall Few would argue the need for more spectrum to ensure that wireless carriers have sufficient capacity to handle the exploding growth of the mobile Web. But where's it going to come from?
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Critics Seeking to Debunk Spectrum Scarcity Advocates of spectrum reform look to end the fixed-band licensing regime to meet the demands of the explosion in mobile computing.
InternetNews February 8, 2007 Roy Mark	Skepticism Clouds Proposed Spectrum Plan Nextel founder Morgan O'Brien urges lawmakers to ditch DTV transition plans for public-safety spectrum.
InternetNews December 1, 2010	FCC Moves to Free Spectrum for Mobile Broadband Looking to stave off a spectrum shortfall amid accelerating demand for mobile broadband services, the FCC has taken a series of steps to reallocate TV spectrum and relax rules for experimental uses.
InternetNews June 25, 2004 Roy Mark	White House Issues Spectrum Policy Proposals Bush administration calls for limiting spectrum interference protections. The goal is universal, affordable access to broadband by 2007.
InternetNews February 24, 2010	Genachowski Outlines Spectrum Overhaul FCC chairman details plans for a reallocation scheme that would ask broadcasters and other license holders to cough up some of their spectrum licenses in exchange for a share of profits generated by reselling the airwaves at auction.
InternetNews July 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Broadcasters Agree to Hard Date DTV Transition After nine years of aggressive lobbying to slow the digital television transition, broadcasters are dropping their objections to a Jan. 1, 2009, deadline to end U.S. analog broadcasting.
InternetNews January 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Senators Part Ways on White Space Use Competing bills promote use of unused spectrum between broadcast channels for wireless broadband.
InternetNews August 2, 2010	Spectrum Issues Looming Large at FCC The Federal Communications Commission is looking ahead to a busy couple months as it sorts through a tangle of spectrum issues to meet a White House deadline.
InternetNews February 23, 2006 Roy Mark	Tech CEOs Call For Spectrum Reform With praise for Congress, FCC and the Bush administration, the Technology CEO Council says much more still needs to be done to bring the country's spectrum public policy into the 21st century.
InternetNews October 20, 2005 Roy Mark	DTV Deadline to Vacate Spectrum Advances The Senate Commerce Committee voted today to boot broadcasters out of their analog spectrum by no later than April 7, 2009. After that date, broadcasters would air programs only in digital signals.
InternetNews December 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Agency Spectrum Relocation to Flirt With $1B Clearing federal agencies out of spectrum earmarked for advanced commercial wireless services will cost approximately $936 million, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
InternetNews February 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Senators Push White Space Legislation The proposed Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 would allow wireless broadband providers to operate in buffer zones between broadcast channels.
InternetNews October 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Eyes Vote on Digital TV Switch Tech executives urge Congress to set a hard deadline for broadcasters to shift completely to digital signals of no later than 2009. The vacated analog signals would be given to first responders and auctioned. A vote on legislation could come Wednesday.
InternetNews June 17, 2005 Roy Mark	McCain Stakes Claim on DTV Transition Bill John McCain introduced legislation setting a hard date of Jan. 1, 2009, for the United States to cease analog television broadcasting.
InternetNews November 21, 2005 Roy Mark	House Approves DTV Bill Television broadcasters have three years to clear analog spectrum for wireless broadband providers and first responders.
InternetNews May 25, 2007 Roy Mark	New Coalition Touts National Broadband Policy National legislation is needed to ensure widespread, affordable broadband group tells lawmakers.
InternetNews June 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Telecom Reform? Don't Bet On It Republicans are proposing subsidies and Democrats are offering tax incentives, and it's both good news and bad news for technology.
InternetNews April 17, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Spectrum Front and Center for Wireless Industry Freeing up the airwaves tops the wireless industry's policy agenda.
InternetNews May 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Intel Chips in on DTV Transition Intel tells a Congressional panel that TV spectrum will accelerate wireless broadband roll-out.
InternetNews July 29, 2010	House Reps. Introduce Spectrum Auction Bill Lawmakers introduce voluntary incentive auction act that they hope will achieve a compromise between dueling interests.
InternetNews November 30, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Sets Ambitious Tech Schedule Signaling its intent to focus on Internet and telecom issues next year, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans to hold 14 hearings on a wide variety of technology topics between January and March.
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 Catherine Yang et al.	Everybody Wants A Piece Of The Air TV broadcasters may finally give up spectrum. Freeing up the spectrum could improve the chances of wireless emerging as a third broadband competitor to the Bells.
InternetNews June 25, 2004 Roy Mark	Bush Stumps For Internet Access Tax Ban President outlines broadband policy calling for fewer taxes and less regulations to achieve universal access by 2007.
InternetNews April 29, 2004 Roy Mark	Wireless Broadband Said To Use Wrong Spectrum Former FCC chairman says costs can be lowered by 50 percent in spectrum space being vacated by UHF television stations.
InternetNews July 17, 2007 Roy Mark	Senators Push FCC on Network Neutrality The Federal Communications Commission should expand the focus of its network neutrality inquiry to include the impact of carrier practices on content providers, U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan and Olympia Snowe said Monday.
InternetNews November 16, 2010	Feds Detail Spectrum Plans for Mobile Broadband Commerce Department agency issues long-awaited report outlining a path to freeing up 115 MHz of spectrum for mobile broadband in five years, a down payment on the 10-year goal of 500 MHz.
InternetNews August 9, 2006 Roy Mark	For Sale: Spectrum Bidding begins today for largest chunk of airwaves ever offered by FCC.
InternetNews May 2, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Bill Dumps Net Neutrality Wide ranging legislation relegates network neutrality to further FCC study.
InternetNews June 14, 2007 Roy Mark	Public Safety Wireless Plan Sees Red Public/private-funded network for national first responder network sparks lawmaker debate.
InternetNews June 28, 2010	Mobile Broadband Gets White House Backing The Obama administration announces strong support for a mobile broadband policy initiative.
National Defense February 2011 Stew Magnuson	Supporters of D Block Auction Plan Fire Back at Critics Advocates of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to sell unused portions of spectrum that would be reserved for first-responder broadband systems are urging that an auction of the valuable airwaves move forward this year.
Reason December 2001 Jesse Walker	Spectrum Shortage? Make the military -- and government agencies generally -- pay to use the radio band, just like everyone else does...
InternetNews April 9, 2010	FCC Details Broadband Plans After Legal Setback Federal Communications Commission chairman argues that court ruling has little bearing on its broadband agenda for the rest of the year, which will tackle spectrum, universal service and a host of other issues.
InternetNews June 5, 2007 Roy Mark	Spectrum Comments Flood FCC Should telecom and cable companies be barred from participating in the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming auction of spectrum?
InternetNews March 11, 2010	FCC Mulling Free Broadband Plan, Again As more details surface of the national broadband plan the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to deliver to Congress, the commission said it will consider a plan to develop a free or low-cost wireless broadband network.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	Want Faster Broadband? Don't Count on the FCC The FCC's plan lacks the resources and political support to deliver faster Internet connections.
InternetNews September 17, 2009	Net Neutrality Gets New Support in House FCC oversight hearing opens with a legislative digression and considers the stacked agenda before the agency.
InternetNews May 19, 2006 Roy Mark	New Net Neutrality Bill Hits Senate Legislation would prohibit broadband providers from charging premium fees to deliver content.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Panel Blesses Community Broadband A Senate panel has approved legislation banning states' efforts to prevent local governments from providing community broadband access.
InternetNews April 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Tech to TV Execs: Get Off the Beachfront! A group of IT CEOs urges Congress to set a date certain for digital TV transition so spectrum can be opened for wireless broadband.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Heads to President's Desk Congress finally sent legislation Wednesday to President Bush that sets Feb. 17, 2009, as the end of analog broadcasting in the United States. After that, television sets must have digital tuners to receive an over-the-air signal.