USA to use former TV Freqs for Broadband Emergency Comms

In the United States the Federal Comminications Commission (FCC) has annouced that former UHF TV frequencies will be used for a Broadband Wireless Emergency Communications system.

The FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) can be seen at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/
FCC-06-181A1.doc

BBC News story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6199449.stm

On this side of the Atlantic the UK Regulator Ofcom has just started its big consultation on what the UHF TV "Digital Dividend" spectrum should be used for.

So far Broadband Wireless Emergency Comms does appear to be high on the agenda, see

Ofcom - Maximising the benefits of the digital dividend
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2006/
ofcom_digital_dividend.htm

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