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1. The FCC Acts
White Spaces Order: At Last
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2. The Panelists
Panellist Company Position
Barlow Keener Attorney Telecom
Brough Turner Founder & CTO
Fanny Mlinarsky CEO & Founder
Jack Unger Board Member
3. Sept. 23, 2010
White Spaces Order
Second Report and Order: Nov. 14, 2008
17 Petitions for Reconsideration Filed
Who Filed:
Switch to Digital TV June 19, 2009
Freed up space: 50MHz – 700MHz TV Channels 2-69
54 & 806 MHz
MHz > 54-72, 76-88, 174-216, 470-608, 614-806
4. White Spaces: History
2007 FCC OET -Office of Engineering and Technology
Report on White Spaces – no detection by devices
Microsoft Disputed the Findings – detection works!
Scanner in OET Device was damaged…
October 15, 2008 OET Report
Corrected the error in the 2007
Detection and avoiding legacy transmission works!
Nov 14, 2008 Second Report & Order
Devices must consult a database
And monitor the spectrum locally once every minute
If 1 device detected, no transmission
Sept 23, 2010 White Spaces Order
Removed sensing requirement