The FCC will soon release a report on the feasibility of opening up unused spectrum, or white spaces, for use with wireless broadband, reports Reuters. The agency’s engineering report will share results of several years of data collection, including field tests on Broadway in New York City and at FedEx Field in Maryland.
Google, Microsoft Corp [...]
Public-safety agencies nationwide will gain access to new spectrum in the 800 MHz band in 18 months, under proposed rules that the FCC will consider during its next open meeting scheduled for Oct. 15, reports Urgent Communications.
These new airwaves currently are interleaved channels used by Nextel, which is financing the massive rebanding effort. Chairman Kevin [...]
Google co-founder Larry Page turned up on Capitol Hill today to boost the company’s “Free the Airwaves” campaign, reports the Washington Post.
Companies such as Google that are part of the Wireless Innovation Alliance are asking for the white spaces to be unlicensed and open to all. They have started an on-line petition to support unlicensed [...]
The game’s out there, and it’s play or get played. That simple. - The Wire
Jeffrey Silva in RCR News says that key House Homeland Security Committee members appear to back FCC’s efforts to revise D-Block rules — but the panel’s hearing brought to surface differences among lawmakers, first responders and others over critical issues [...]
M2Z Networks today announced that recent AWS-3 testing results released by the FCC confirm that there are no technical barriers to the FCC adopting service rules for a nationwide free wireless broadband network.
The company hoped to offer “free” wireless internet nationwide using a 20 MHz slice of the AWS band, but was blocked [...]
Representatives from European regulators met today to hash out the details on how to allocate future 4G spectrum that many operators want for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) deployments, reports Unstrung.
The spectrum, from 790 MHz to 862 MHz, will be freed up when broadcasters switch from analog to digital TV. It’s the European equivalent of the 700 [...]
Was EarthLink’s failed citywide Wi-Fi a blessing in disguise, asks C/Net’s Marguerite Reardon.
“The new network owners are supposed to have a much more sustainable business model,” said Karen Perry, director of the Connected Communities team for the Knight Center of Digital Excellence. “The fact that they are also focused on wired and wireless access will [...]
The FCC will conduct tests this week to see if the proposed 2150 MHz service interferes with T-Mobile’s ajoining AWS spectrum, notes Information Week.
The FCC wants to combine the 2155-2175 MHz band with the 2175-2180 MHz band to create a 25-MHz block of spectrum for a single nationwide license. This would then be auctioned off [...]
Hurricane Gustav (Times-Picayune coverage & Wikipedia), the tropical storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast, could be a test for the country’s wireless carriers, which faced criticism and a regulatory push after Hurricane Katrina took out networks.
Sprint Nextel’s Emergency Response Team, with trucks that can act as cell towers, was “caravaning down, military-style,” to the [...]
M2Z Networks announced this week that it submitted evidence to the FCC confirming that there is no need for the FCC to conduct the fifth interference test before licensing the AWS-3 spectrum to be used for a free nationwide broadband service.
M2Z hopes to offer 384kbps free (and content filtered) to 95% of the country [...]
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