Obama Administration Will Hold Spectrum Sharing Event

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The National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are teaming up to host a public event to promote spectrum sharing technologies at the Department of Commerce.

The Obama Administration has been pushing spectrum sharing as one way to address the need for more wireless broadband spectrum.

The Nov. 5 Innovative Spectrum Sharing Technology Day will feature representatives from NTIA, NIST and the White House will be on hand for remarks, a panel discussion, demonstrations and exhibits.

NTIA was put in charge of finding government spectrum that can either be given up for auction to commercial wireless companies or shared with them.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.