Friday, October 13, 2006

FCC & Wireless - Oct. 12

DSL Reports notes that "The FCC today unanimously took several first-step actions to allow fixed wireless providers to make use of the 700 MHz analog RF bands being freed by the digital-television transition in February 2009 (the so called "white spaces" between broadcast channels). The discussion of the use of this spectrum is far from over, as the FCC has yet to declare whether use of this spectrum will be licensed or unlicensed - but this is a cautious first step."

Telecomweb writes: FCC Ponders How To Fill Up 'White Spaces' -- "the FCC today unanimously took several first-step actions, including the partial grant of a Qualcomm petition, to start considering new broadband, video and other potential uses of the 700 MHz analog RF bands being freed by the U.S. broadcasters' digital-television (DTV) transition in February 2009."

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