On January 24 the race for what was described by the FCC and others like "beach property": the 700 MHz band of the electromagnetic spectrum. This ultra high frequencies are what is now known as 52-69 channels on your TV and select the order of the FCC, is available on 19 February 2009, one of the networks broadcasting from analog TV to switch to digital TV. The auction has 266 candidates considered likely to dump up to 15Billions of dollars in U.S. Treasury.
The hype in advance of the auction is based coalitions strange bedfellows, as opposed to free-market advocates open source software, and has led the debate in the field of wireless net neutrality. Some say that the potential auction, the face of telecommunications in the United States to redesign as a stream of participants, including Google, Qualcomm, Cox Communications, EchoStar, has the Public Broadcasting Service, and co-founder of Microsoft PaulAllen, challenge phone giant AT & T and Verizon head of a band of this spectrum to the sea. So what's all the fuss, and why so much interest in this piece of real estate radio?
The 700MHz spectrum band has a unique set of qualities and skills that was not available, the market for good, as television took to the airwaves. Able to penetrate deep into buildings and travel 4 times faster than the peer-frequencies, the FCC, as well as many commercial interests,They build a unique opportunity for a national network for broadband wireless metropolitan regions and rural areas across the country, transforming the non-poor to the rich and virtually eliminate the digital divide in the United States.
The United States LAG seriously other industrialized countries on broadband penetration, largely due to its geographical vastness, and has become a priority for the FCC and Congress to take advantage of the situation, the ever-media fundWireless technology. With the opening of tenders for a wide range of interests, the possibility of introducing a third tube cable and DSL for consumers would benefit both economically and compete the wise choice. It will also be auctioned off part of the spectrum, both for emergency services (for example), internal security, reserved for a idea of the disastrous lack of communication between staff first in the terrorist attacks inspired by 9-11.
Reality Check
While weEveryone can see the benefit, which is capable of going deep into a building without missing a call is as strong as the 700 MHz band, and how it is suitable for broadband Internet access for adults and all, what belong? There are some who say that this frequency band for the long haul and distribution, but lacks sufficient bandwidth for a robust solution for wireless broadband.
Another aspect is the technology of losing bidders for the implementation. If there areexisting 3G technologies, or go directly to the next generation. We now know that Verizon is about the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) LTE (Long Term Evolution) for next-generation network, a standard which should be ready for use in 2010. Ready to use in 2010, the 3GPP2's UMB standard.
WiMax will take some modifications to work in the 700MHz band, but with Sprint Nextel have 90MHz of bandwidth of 2.5 MHz, the performance of the 700-bandhard to beat if they decide to go forward with its WiMax project.
Production and device manufacturers say, go ahead and deploy today's 3G technologies, and the next update. Both W-CDMA and CDMA EV-DO a little 'life left in the plane of the FCC would fit well.
Who are the winners and what the technology should be used only for development of standard Wi-Fi, because through the b, g, s and now see the revisions as technology improves, as the tailwags the dog.
In the event that did not work, the White Spaces Coalition are already using single-mindedly on the empty "white space" spectrum between 2MHz to 698MHz band channels for broadband access with speeds topping-out ceremony 80Mbps ... But that's another story already.