Case Study: Improving Access to High Speed Broadband in Claudville, VA with TV White Spaces

TV white spaces appear ready to usher in exciting and innovative applications and services for both consumer and enterprise users.On October 21, 2009, Spectrum Bridge announced that it had deployed the world’s first TV white spaces network in Claudville, Virginia. The network is being used to distribute high speed internet access to the town’s business district, local school and other locations in the community. Dell, Microsoft and the TDF Foundation also contributed computer hardware and software to the community and local school in support of the project. Read more in this case study from Spectrum Bridge.

Analysis of the FCC's Positions, Policies and Comments on Secondary Markets

The FCC’s first policy statement regarding Secondary Spectrum Markets in November 2000 launched the initiative for reforms regarding licensed spectrum; one that actively encourages spectrum owners to sublease their spectrum for creative and competitive applications. Spectrum Bridge looks at the FCC’s rule making and discussion of policy regarding Secondary Markets and how they permit spectrum owners to sublicense their spectrum and thus create an open market for spectrum brokering.

The Secondary Spectrum Market: A Licensing & Leasing Primer

This paper describes how the FCC licenses entities to use spectrum, past limitations of the emerging secondary market, and how new methods for ‘trading’ licenses on the market today are rapidly and dramatically improving the utility and revenue that can be derived from this important national asset.

Over the past several years, the limited availability of licensed spectrum has posed a critical challenge for emergency responders, utilities and government agencies. This paper covers alternatives that Public safety and government agencies have started exploring for meeting growing spectrum demands and solving their spectrum capacity crises.