Jim Carlson to Present at WCAI Webinar on TV White Spaces

Later this week, Carlson Wireless CEO Jim Carlson will be presenting a webinar with Stephen Coran of Rini Coran, PC.

“This webinar will provide an overview of the FCC’s technical and operating rules, a summary of the database and equipment certification processes and an explanation of how first-generation fixed base station and CPE devices will be designed and deployed,” says the WCAI’s website for the event. The webinar will take place on Thursday, February 17 at 4pm EST.

TV white spaces, the vacant broadcast TV frequencies recently freed up for public use by the FCC, amount to a significant new opportunity for rural areas without broadband access. The new geo-location database that will be used to manage the devices operating in these frequencies is one step closer to becoming a reality. As of January 26, the FCC has announced its selection of the nine database administrators.

As the path to device certification has not yet been defined, the rules that currently exist surrounding the use of the TV white space can be difficult to understand. This webinar aims to explain the FCC’s technical and operating rules, as well as provide a summary of the equipment certification process as it stands at this time. The design and deployment of first-generation fixed base station and CPE devices will also be discussed.

This webinar will provide an overview of the FCC's technical and operating rules, a summary of the database and equipment certification processes and an explanation of how first-generation fixed base station and CPE devices will be designed and deployed. Jim will be concentrating on the technical aspects of the devices, and Stephen will cover the details of the FCC’s certification process and regulations.

The WCAI, or Wireless Communications Association International, is a trade association whose members come from the entire wireless broadband industry. WCAI was founded in 1988 and represents service providers, equipment manufacturers, application developers and other contributors to the industry.

As the leader of the company responsible for one of the very first TV white space devices, Jim Carlson is a natural choice to help lead a webinar explaining the technology. The broadband industry is recognizing his expertise, and Jim has recently been called upon to present at a wide variety of conferences and trade shows across the country—including the Redwood Broadband Forum, the Cal WISPA meeting, Animal Farm, and the Super Wi-Fi Summit. In March, he will be participating as a panelist in a rural broadband discussion at IWCE.

To learn more about the webinar or to register, visit the WCAI website. The webinar is free for government employees, the press and WCAI members, and $59 for non-members.