NAB Backs TV White Spaces Database NPRM
NAB “strongly supports” an FCC rulemaking notice on improving the accuracy of the TV white spaces database, NAB said in comments filed Friday. The TVWS database “contained numerous errors and inaccurate data,” and a solution that incorporates automatic geolocation in…
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all TVWS devices could address the problem, NAB said. “Eliminating the professional installation option for determining a device’s location will strengthen the database, protect licensed users from harmful interference, and facilitate further deployment of TVWS technology by making TVWS devices more consumer friendly.” The commission should proceed “expeditiously,” NAB said.