Countries mull making room for digital television

COUNTRIES MULL MAKING ROOM FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION
[SOURCE: Reuters]
The United States led calls on Monday to allocate a prime tranche of the radio frequency spectrum for use by digital television, in a move that would create a multi billion-dollar market for that technology. On the opening day of a month-long conference at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), U.S. delegation leader Richard Russell said it was important that countries identify sections or "bands" of wavelengths to be used exclusively for advanced wireless services. The ITU is empowered to allocate frequencies for commercial use among its member countries. Washington is particularly interested in getting the 700 megahertz (MHz) band allocated for such technology in advance of the replacement of analog television with digital services in the United States in 2009, and other countries later.
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