It allows broadcasters to put spectrum space up for auction and share the proceeds with the government.
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An auction, due to take place early next year, will allocate newly-available spectrum space to other operators looking to offer 4G to their customers.
NextWave is reportedly close to a deal with Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications (nyse: SBC - news - people ) and BellSouth (nyse: BLS - news - people ), to license 20% of the wireless spectrum space in controls in 93 of the top 100 U.S. markets.
Based on this, engineers in my company and others, many belonging to institutions such as the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), have got together to develop a standardised technology that will work well with the spectrum identified - "white space spectrum" - and be optimal for machines.
There, Microsoft have invested in developing white space spectrum to bring an African audience into the Web and into device ownership.
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Finally, I would simply add that the new partnership between our people spans the spectrum, from space to science to sports.
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He notes that they recently freed up TV white space spectrum.
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Everyone in the telecom space needs spectrum and a lot of it because users want more and more streaming video.
And new innovations such as printed circuit technology and the white space radio spectrum (transmitting data over unused TV channel airwaves as we switch from analogue to digital TV) are all helping to create a world where everything can talk to everything else, and everything to us.
This'll give LTE carriers a technology path that should easily carry CDMA through the end of its life without oversaturation, and as an added bonus, it frees up space for more EV-DO spectrum.
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Merlin's images in the radio region of the spectrum are of comparable quality to those of the Hubble Space Telescope observing optically.
The Zumwalt has the power, cooling, space and weight margin designed to meet the full spectrum of future threats, both known and unknown.
White space devices offer a creative and efficient way to use spectrum that would otherwise lie fallow.
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However, SpaceX is a space transport company and will always consider providing a full spectrum of launch services to interested customers.
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Micro-CHP encompasses a spectrum of energy technologies that produce heat (which can be used for space heating and hot water) and electric power simultaneously.
The pilot will test the inter-operation of white spaces devices, white space databases and the processes to mitigate against causing any undue interference to current spectrum users.
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In this fast-moving space, of course challenges remain, including the need to unleash even more spectrum for mobile broadband and continuing to promote competition and protect consumers.
Towards the more eccentric end of the spectrum, there is PhilaMOCA, once a showroom for mausoleums and tombstones, now an art gallery, performance space and concert venue.
It is a space which draws audiences into an eavesdropping relationship with the actors, and its audience is the wide social spectrum with which he aims to communicate.
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