Hasta La Gadget!

This question came in from reader Dick:

I seem to remember an article somewhere that said some part of the spectrum being vacated due to the digital TV switchover was to be made available to a new communications service, which would allow people to buy a phone from anyone and use the new spectrum like a wireless internet service open to anyone with the right phone. I seem to recall the Google name was associated with the idea. I haven’t anything more about it. Is something like this coming?

See Sascha Segan’s answer after the jump.