Oct 24

Written by: host
24/10/2008 7:13 PM

Last week, after many months of thorough testing, the Commission's engineers announced their conclusion that white spaces devices could operate without interfering with TV broadcasts or wireless microphone signals. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin pledged his support for opening "white space" spectrum, and announced that the Commission would vote on the issue on November 4.

Last Friday the broadcasting lobby filed an emergency request to stop the vote from happening. After more than four years of study, months of extensive lab and field testing by the FCC, and tens of thousands of pages of formal record material -- during which the broadcasters' concerns were fully considered it has emerged that there are issues... as explained in the Shure submission to the FCC.

Hopefully Australia will not just ' go with the USA flow' on this and allow tens of thousands of devices loose in the radio spectrum.

 The Australian Music Association is leading the Australian Wireless Audio Group (AWAG) – a coalition of wireless audio manufacturers, retailers and end users to work cooperatively with key regulatory bodies and Government in order to find an industry-wide solution consistent with international best practice.

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