New Frequency Ranges May Make Free Network Access Possible
over Long Distances and Relieve Mobile Communications Networks / Expected to
Trigger Innovations
The need for the wireless transfer of data will increase
significantly in the coming years. Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT) therefore propose to turn some of the TV frequencies that will
become free into common property and to use it to extend existing wireless
networks (WiFi) instead of using the frequencies for mobile communications.
Their study, published in the international journal “Telecommunications
Policy,” recommends that the additional frequencies not be marketed but made
available to the population and companies at no cost