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North Carolina Officially Launches the First Commercial TV White Spaces Network
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0800
WILMINGTON, NC-- - Spectrum Bridge, Inc., today announced the launch of the first commercial TV White Space network in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The company's cloud-based ...
'Super Wi-Fi' Blankets First County in U.S.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:20:24 -0800
A campaign to free up spectrum hoarded by old media bears fruit. New Hanover County, North Carolina, just rolled out Super Wi-Fi, which is its actual name, not just a patronizing euphemism I'm deploying because I think you can't handle "a new Wi-Fi standard operating in the 'white spaces' between 50-700Mhz, where previously only television stations were allowed to transmit."
First 'Super Wi-Fi' Network Goes Live in North Carolina
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:40:23 -0800
Lucky residents of Wilmington, N.C., will be the first in the nation to have access to a 'Super Wi-Fi' network.
White Spaces: The Next Generation of Wireless Broadband Has Landed
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:59:33 -0800
North Carolina community gets first taste of lightning fast "Super WiFi" or "TV Band" broadband speeds base on TV white spaces technology.
1st 'Super Wi-Fi' Net Goes Live In North Carolina
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:54:06 -0800
alphadogg writes "Lucky residents of Wilmington, N.C., will be the first in the nation to have access to a 'Super Wi-Fi' network. Officials from New Hanover County, N.C., announced Thursday that they had become the first in the United States to deploy a mobile data network on so-called 'white spaces' spectrum that the FCC first authorized for unlicensed use in 2008." Read more of this story at ...
First ‘Super Wi-Fi’ network has deployed in North Carolina
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:59:19 -0800
‘Super Wi-Fi‘ has been in the works for years now, and the first in the nation has finally deployed in Wilmington, North Carolina. This new network is running on the currently bare “white space”. In 2010, the FCC had reported their approval for devices to run over this spectrum. At this same time, the FCC [...]
NC man charged in beheading plot to face trial
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:31:19 -0800
A North Carolina man must stand trial in a plot to hire a hit man to behead three witnesses from his brother's terrorism case, a federal magistrate judge ruled on Friday.
North Carolina man to face trial in beheading plot
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:39:49 -0800
Shkumbin Sherifi was arrested last week in Wilmington
Today’s Top Stories: ACTA Ratification, Twitter Censorship, Samsung Earnings
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:06:23 -0800
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at four particularly interesting stories.
Perdue's announcement creates domino effect in NC politics
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:32:42 -0800
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Governor Bev Perdue's announcement Thursday got immediate response from politicians throughout the state. Some are gunning for her spot while others are looking to move up to positions vacated by other elections. The race to run for her job has begun, which has started an entirely new political ball game in North Carolina. “This is a pretty bizarre situation that could ...