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Revised White Spaces Rules Effective Aug. 19

Updated rules for fixed TV white spaces devices, approved by commissioners 5-0 in March (see 1903200059), take effect Aug. 19, says a notice for Friday's Federal Register. The revised rule “requires all fixed white space devices to incorporate a geo-location…

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capability such as GPS and eliminates the option that permitted the geographic coordinates of a fixed device to be determined by a professional installer,” the FCC says: “The Commission also will allow the use of external geo-location sources by a fixed white space device when the device is used at a location where its internal geo-location capability does not function, such as deep inside a building.”