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TV Converter Box Coupon Program Statistics and Background

Press Release: NTIA Marks Two Months until Digital TV Transition and Announces 76 Percent of Over-the-Air, Reliant TV Households Have Requested Coupons: NTIA today announced that with two months until the transition to digital television concludes, 76 percent of all households that rely on television with an antenna have requested coupons from the TV Converter Box Coupon Program. (Print version Acrobat PDF 27 Kb)
Posted 12-17-2008

Federal Register Notice: Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed Pilot Program: NTIA seeks comments regarding conducting Phase I of the Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed pilot program to assess whether devices employing Dynamic Spectrum Access techniques can share the frequency spectrum with land mobile radio systems.Comments are due on or before December 30, 2008. (Acrobat PDF 51 Kb)
Posted 12-15-2008

Federal Register Notice: Low-Power Television and Translator Digital Upgrade Program Application Form: NTIA invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on Proposed Information Collection regarding the Low-Power Television and Translator Digital Upgrade Program Application Form, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Written comments must be submitted on or before February 13, 2009. (Acrobat PDF 51 Kb)
Posted 12-15-2008

Press Release: Nearly 40 Million Coupons Requested and 16 Million Redeemed from TV Converter Box Coupon Program: NTIA today announced that more than 40 million coupons have been requested, and more than 16 million coupons have been redeemed, to date, from the TV Converter Box Coupon Program. (Print version Acrobat PDF 27 Kb)
Posted 12-11-2008

FCC Public Comments: Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 2155-2175 MHz Band: Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Guiterrez expresses the Bush Administration's views on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) WT Docket No. 07-195 ("In the Matter of Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 2155-2175 MHz Band"), regarding the use of the 2155-2175 MHz band for advanced wireless services (AWS-3).
• Background: Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez speech: National Cable & Telecommunications Association 2008 Cable Show, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 19, 2008
Posted 12-11-2008

Additional "What's New" Announcements...

Recent Speeches and Presentations

Speech: The Importance of the Internet Governance Forum: Acting Assistant Secretary Meredith Attwell Baker speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Internet Governance Forum, Hydrebad, India on December 3, 2008.
Posted 12-03-2008

Speech: Embracing Change in the New Media Landscape: Acting Assistant Secretary Meredith Attwell Baker discussed Embracing Change in the New Media Landscape at the Media Institute’s Communications Forum in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 2008.
Posted 11-20-2008

Speech: Preparing for the DTV Transition in Rural America: Acting Assistant Secretary Meredith Attwell Baker discussed Preparing for the DTV Transition in Rural America at the 142nd Annual Convention of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry in Cromwell, Connecticut, on November 14, 2008
Posted 11-14-2008

Speech: Ten Years Out…Celebrating Accomplishments and Preparing for New Challenges: NTIA Acting Assistant Secretary Meredith Attwell Baker speech at the 33rd Meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting in Cairo. (Acrobat PDF 32 Kb)
Posted 11-6-2008

Speech: French-EU Presidency Conference: Internet of Things - Internet of the Future: Acting Assistant Secretary Meredith Attwell Baker presented the Plenary Session Keynote Speech on the overview on the Challenges of International Cooperation at the French-EU Presidency Conference: Internet of Things - Internet of the Future on Tuesday, October 7, 2008, in Nice, France.
Posted 10-08-2008

Non-Federal License Applications Being Coordinated with NTIA: Non-federal users can now check the status of their spectrum applications going through coordination with NTIA/IRAC (those for federal/non-federal shared bands). Where NTIA/IRAC has completed its response, the applicant should contact the FCC regarding any further action that may be required concerning the NTIA/IRAC response.

Information on Management of Internet Names and Addresses.