On Thursday, February 20, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the release of its Electromagnetic Spectrum Strategy (EMS) to increase available spectrum in order to meet growing demand from the commercial wireless industry.

The strategy follows the release of a memorandum issued in 2010 by President Obama titled “Unleashing the Wireless Broadband Revolution,” which requires 500 MHz of spectrum be made available for commercial use by 2020.

Amateur UHF and Microwave spectrum is shared with DoD. The release of 500 MHz may result in more intensive use by the DoD of the remaining spectrum.

DoD Electromagnetic Spectrum Strategy document http://www.defense.gov/news/dodspectrumstrategy.pdf

DoD Announcement http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16547

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