Develop Roadmap to Identify More Spectrum for Broadband

In April 2011, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration reported that a vast majority of Federal agencies are meeting their original relocation timeframe and cost estimates. NTIA expects the five remaining agencies to complete their relocation from the 1710-1755 MHz band by April 2013. Specifically, the Department of Defense, Tennessee Valley Authority, United States Department of Agriculture, and most of the Department of Energy systems will relocate by April 2011. The remaining Department of Energy systems will relocate by April 2013. The Department of Interior will complete its relocation effort by April 2013.

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In April 2011, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration published a Progress Report pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum issued on June 28, 2010, which directed the Department of Commerce, working with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to identify and make available 500 megahertz of spectrum over the next ten years for expanded wireless broadband use. Since the issuance of the Presidential Memorandum, NTIA has completed two initiatives in support of the 500 megahertz goal, while the FCC has initiated several rulemakings. President Obama also has proposed the Wireless Innovation and Infrastructure Initiative that reiterates the Administration’s support for freeing up 500 MHz of spectrum for commercial purposes through voluntary incentive auctions and more efficient use of government spectrum.