CTIA-The Wireless Association® strongly supports the Digital Television Transition (DTV) and Public Safety Act signed into law by President Bush on February 8, 2006, as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The law mandates that the auction of the 700 MHz spectrum must begin no later than January 28, 2008, and that broadcasters must vacate the spectrum no later than February 17, 2009. These deadlines provide certainty for the provision of much needed spectrum to our nation’s first responders and commercial wireless service providers, drive technological innovation, bring advanced wireless data services to rural America, and are expected to contribute billions to the U.S. Treasury.