Ofcom plans for TV freqs sell-off
(the Digital Dividend Review)

This cleared spectrum - the Digital Dividend - offers real opportunities for wireless innovation. The Digital Dividend could enable the launch of a wide range of different services. For example:

New mobile services, with high quality video and interactive media delivered to handheld devices.

Wireless broadband services, with high-speed data and voice services.

Wider coverage for advanced services in remote and rural areas. This spectrum is particularly suitable for low cost, wider-area coverage.

Advanced business and broadcasting services, such as those used to support major sporting events.

Additional television channels including possible High Definition (HD) channels carried on Freeview.

This is not an exhaustive list, nor does it indicate prior preference. The UK has a proven reputation for innovation in wireless services and it is likely that ideas for other new services will emerge before and after switchover.

Fuller details at http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2005/11/nr_20051117