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<h1> <font>Ofcom has today published a </font><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/white-space-coexistence/?utm_source=updates&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=white-spaces-condoc" target="_blank"><font>consultation</font></a><font> on how TV ‘white space’ devices – technologies which exploit gaps in radio spectrum that sit between frequency bands – can coexist with services in and adjacent to 470 MHz to 790 MHz (the UHF TV band). Use of these white spaces allows devices to transmit and receive wireless signals for applications such as broadband access for rural communities or innovative ‘machine-to machine’ networks.</font> </h1>
<p>Today’s consultation sets out Ofcom’s proposals for calculating white space availability in the UK in a way that ensures these devices can coexist with other spectrum users. This is part of the implementation by Ofcom of the regulatory framework for TV white spaces.</p>
<p><strong> </strong>The closing date for the consultation is 15 November 2013.</p></div>