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TV white spaces: New frontier could be especially helpful in rural areas

Published Wednesday, October 28, 2009

In wireless communications, spectrum inherently is the lifeblood of operations. Without spectrum, all the technology in the world is worthless in terms of establishing and maintaining a wireless network. This reality makes last week’s launch of the first network operating on the unused frequencies between active TV channels, known as TV white spaces, in the small town of Claudville, Va., extremely notable. U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) — chairman of the House subcommittee on communications, technology and the Internet — called the deployment a “milestone” in rural broadband deployment. Currently, no rules have been established ...

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