Articles tagged with: Analog and Federal Communications Commission

Google Calls on Public to Back Opening TV White Space

..aces are unused broadcast spectrums that have been typically reserved for analog transmissions of TV channels. Best put, when you're surfing through TV channels, and you come across a station that's filled with static. That's an empty or unused more

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FCC's Martin Admits Unlikely to See D-Block Spectrum Bidder

..nalog one, which requires substantially less spectrum. -By Corey Boles, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6637; corey.boles@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires more

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FCC's Martin Trumpets Success of Auction, Points to Open Access

..m. The airwaves being sold are some of the most powerful to ever become available to wireless carriers. They can transmit across vast distances and through buildings, making them highly sought after by wireless companies. Winners in the auction more

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Bidding Slow For 10-Megahertz D-Block Airwaves in FCC Auction

..ital signals next year, which require far less spectrum. The airwaves being sold are some of the most powerful to ever become available to wireless carriers. They can transmit across vast distances and through buildings, making them highly sough more

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FCC Says Auction Of Airwaves Spectrum To Begin Jan. 16

..g available because TV broadcasters are moving to a digital signal from the analog method, and must do so no later than January 2009. The digital signal requires much less spectrum. The sale is one of the most anticipated to occur in many years, as  more

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Microsoft Tells FCC 'White-Spaces' Spectrum Can Be Used

..l in 2009. Now that those rules are set, it is likely that the FCC's attention will turn to other policy areas such as the debate over how, if at all, to use the white-spaces spectrum. -By Corey Boles, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6637; corey.boles more

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Lawmaker: Homeland Dept Shouldn't Handle Communication Funds

..itching from analog to digital signals. Some people - such as Morgan O'Brien, founder of wireless company Nextel - are arguing that some of this spectrum should be used for the creation of a nationwide emergency services broadband network. -By Corey  more

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Cingular Wireless To Impose Surcharge On Older Phones

..s back two decades to the first-generation of mobile phones, which used an "analog," or non-digital, signal to transmit calls. The second is a digital transmission technique known as TDMA, which stands for Time Division Multiple Access. The new fee,  more

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