FCC certifies Carlson Wireless TV white space radio

SUNNYVALE, USA: Carlson Wireless Technologies (CWT) announced that The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has certified the company's RuralConnect TV white space (TVWS) radio system for use with the Spectrum Bridge TV white spaces database.

This certification brings to market the world's first affordable long-distance, non-line-of-site (NLOS) fixed wireless broadband system.

Designed using flexible software-defined architecture and dynamic spectrum sharing, RuralConnect is authorized to transmit over "white spaces" in the UHF TV band (470-698 MHz), the unused frequencies between licensed television broadcasters opened by the FCC in 2010 for unlicensed public use.

The same propagation characteristics that once carried UHF television broadcasts around trees, buildings and hills and into America's living rooms can now be utilized to provide high-speed Internet to remote areas. By making wireless connectivity possible in places previously difficult or prohibitively expensive to reach, RuralConnect launches a new era of opportunity for rural communities demanding high-speed Internet.

It also expands the capability of businesses and governments needing to extend their communications and private networks, such as data monitoring and control for utilities, oil & gas operations, resource management, public safety, video surveillance, VoIP networks and more.