The National Association of Broadcasters has withdrawn its legal objection to the FCC’s “white spaces” proposal, reports ArsTechnica. Until now, broadcasters have been hostile, proclaiming it would interfere with adjacent television broadcasts. The NAB, controlled by large group owners, don’t pay anything to use (our) spectrum, unlike cellular operators, but they still have some clout, [...]
The nationwide Public Service broadband network, that’s coming to public safety nationwide with the addition of the “D-Block” spectrum, will be just as important to Fire and EMS as it is to law enforcement, says Urgent Communications. The 10 MHz of D Block spectrum will be paired with 10 MHz of 700 MHz broadband that [...]
The FCC last Friday allowed local television broadcasters to share channels, allowing competing broadcast stations to to double up on a single channel and stream individual programming while sharing a single channel. Two or more stations can share a single 19.4 Mbps data stream in a 6 MHz channel The new rules are designed to [...]
DragonWave expanded its high-capacity microwave line today announcing the Horizon S-Series, operating in the unlicensed sub-6 GHz band for non-line-of-sight applications like public safety. Dragonwave says it delivers up to 200 Mbps with quick and easy installation. DragonWave is also introducing the Horizon E-Series, operating in the licensed 70/80 GHz frequencies. The Horizon E-7000T provides [...]
Public-safety radio networks, operating on the T-Band (470–512 MHz), will not be subject to the narrowbanding deadline at the end of the year, the FCC stated in a public notice released yesterday. The FCC narrowbanding rules had many state agencies worried. Expensive, state-wide, public safety radio networks, used by state police, highway departments and other [...]
Fierce Wireless has a review of White Space radio technology. Author Tammy Parker says it could soon become a major force with ground-breaking devices and services. White-spaces are unused TV channels. Depending upon world region, that spectrum generally falls somewhere in the 450-800 MHz range. In the United States, TV bands consist of six-megahertz channels [...]
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