Monday, June 25, 2007

Manufacturer calls for UHF for home networking

HDTV means the existing unlicensed bands will soon run out of capacity says Philips but not all regulators agree.

Consumer electronics giant Philips has told UK regulator Ofcom that additional spectrum should be reserved for low power unlicensed applications such as in-home multimedia distribution and wireless LAN (WLAN) networking. In its response to Ofcom's consultation on the digital dividend review, the company argues that 'there is a definite need for augmenting the use of the crowded Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) bands with additional UHF spectrum'.

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