U.S. Senate Hears More Arguments About Wireless Spectrum

From opening up analog TV airwaves for unregulated broadband internet to giving smaller cellular players more bandwidth over the enter country, the Senate this week is hearing a mouthful about how the airwaves and the bands of radio spectrum that govern all wireless industries needs changing to keep up with the torrid pace of wireless offerings from many industries continues.

There are even gaps (white noise areas) between existing bands of spectrum that could more efficiently utilized, says Intel. Opening up these relatively unused spectrum bands could open up entire industries most likely, like rural broadband internet. So, some of the radio spectrum in use for decades could be changing soon. Remember, analog TV is going away in 2003, 2006, 2009.

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