Reuters is reporting:
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to permit certain wireless devices to use vacant airwaves between active television channels as long as they do not cause interference. ¶ Companies like computer chipmaker Intel Corp. ... have pushed the FCC to make those airwaves available for use without a license for services like high-speed wireless Internet. But broadcasters have worried about possible signal disruptions. ...
... The FCC agreed to permit the use of fixed, low-powered, wireless equipment on some unused channel frequencies and said it would conduct testing to assess interference and encouraged others to submit their findings. ...
Link: Reuters. The FCC's news release on this is available as a pdf. --Dennis
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