Spectrum Bridge, the leader in providing spectrum and technology for wireless networking, today announced a relationship with GE Energy to offer a new wireless network solution utilizing the licensed 218-219 MHz (IVDS) band for use in Smart Grid and other mission critical applications.
Using Interactive Video & Data Service (IVDS) spectrum auctioned in 1994, coupled with GE’s MDS SD2 radio, the use of this previously underutilized and unencumbered spectrum can now be used for industrial enterprise markets supporting Smart Grid Automated Metering, SCADA, Water/Wastewater control and Remote Monitoring.
Spectrum Bridge and GE Energy see increased demand for spectrum in the IVDS band at 218-219 MHz for a wide range of industrial monitoring and control applications.
Multiple 218-219 MHz licenses are currently available for immediate purchase or lease on SpecEx.com and cover 20% of the nation’s population in 6 of the top 10 NFL markets, including Chicago, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Miami. Furthermore, SpecEx.com also has AMTS spectrum and 220 MHz spectrum listed for near nationwide spectrum coverage for the 217-222 MHz range.
GE Energy is one of the world’s leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies. Spectrum Bridge enables wireless networks to access and use all types of spectrum at any place or time via a database driven cognitive network architecture.
In other news, CDMA450, using the 410-470 MHz band, is getting repurposed for M2M in Holland, one of Europe’s most densely populated countries, reports RCR Wireless.
Compared with CDMA2000 in the 800/1900MHz bands, CDMA450 only changes the radio frequency module. Dutch mobile operator KPN is working with a pair of Dutch utility companies that control 70% of the market. On average, machines connected to the network will use less than half a megabit of data per month. CDMA450 can cover vast rural areas in developing countries.
KORE Telematics says it is the world’s largest specialized M2M wireless service provider, focused exclusively on machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. Today it announced that more than 500 unique types of M2M devices now thrive on its network.
