At its Aug. 6 meeting, the FCC voted to approve a report on technical and operational rules for unlicensed services, including wireless mics. The item will make more spectrum available for unlicensed devices in the TV band, a band being shrunk via the upcoming spectrum auction. "The rules are intended to maximize unlicensed access to spectrum while ensuring that licensed services are protected from harmful interference," the FCC said. The commission will use the existing white spaces database to allow those devices to share Channel 37 with medical telemetry and astronomy, but with expanded protection zones for medical telemetry.
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