Compared with other forms of wireless technology, such as Bluetooth and wi-fi, whitespace devices are being designed to use a much wider range of frequencies, including the lower frequencies that have traditionally been reserved for TV and radio.
For one thing, white-space transmitters have to avoid interfering with both local television stations and the wireless microphones used in conference halls, sports arenas, theatres and churches.
Compared with other forms of wireless technologies, such as regular Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, the radio waves used by whitespace devices will be able to travel longer distances and more easily through walls.