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Article: United States: FCC to begin white space wireless broadband field tests.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- July 14, 2008
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Byline: yunus05
Over the next four weeks, the Federal Communications Commission will conduct twelve field tests of TV white space devices hardware that can transmit and receive broadband over unused TV channel frequencies. And it looks like the FCC may have taken up the offer from ESPN and the National Football League to let the Commission test these apps in a sports stadium. The agency's schedule says that the last two demos involve "wireless microphone testing" and will be conducted in a "sports venue" and an "entertainment venue."
As Ars reported last month, ESPN/NFL are among the many groups raising a fuss over the threat that they say unlicensed ...