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Qualcomm officials had a meeting at the FCC at which they explain...

Qualcomm officials had a meeting at the FCC at which they explained that, “contrary to the claims of the advocates of the unlicensed white space,” unlicensed use of the TV white spaces will not support provision of broadband in…

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rural areas, the company said in an ex parte. Qualcomm said 700 MHz spectrum sold on a licensed basis to carriers is much more effective for providing wireless Internet. “Even taking into account the propagation of a signal from an unlicensed transmitter in the TV white space, the much higher power which can be used in licensed spectrum to cover wide areas without causing interference makes it vastly superior to an unlicensed service,” Qualcomm said.