HDTV News Poster
02-16-2006, 06:57 AM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://wireless.engadget.com" rel="tag">Wireless</a></p><div id="pc588639"><a
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vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/02/dialingfordollars.jpg"
/></a>The Bush administration hopes to bring in as much as $25 billion through sales of wireless spectrum from 2007 to
2009, according to the administration's new budget. That estimate is up $7.8 billion from previous estimates. As much
as $15 billion is expected to come from the sale of 90 MHz of spectrum later this year, with additional funds coming
from other auctions, including the sale of spectrum to be given up by television broadcasters as they make the switch
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/02/analog-tv-shutdown-all-but-set-for-2009/">from analog to digital</a> in
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vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/02/dialingfordollars.jpg"
/></a>The Bush administration hopes to bring in as much as $25 billion through sales of wireless spectrum from 2007 to
2009, according to the administration's new budget. That estimate is up $7.8 billion from previous estimates. As much
as $15 billion is expected to come from the sale of 90 MHz of spectrum later this year, with additional funds coming
from other auctions, including the sale of spectrum to be given up by television broadcasters as they make the switch
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/02/analog-tv-shutdown-all-but-set-for-2009/">from analog to digital</a> in
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