Thursday, 27 August 2009

Utilities may get dedicated chunk of spectrum for smart grid

As part of its broadband hearings, the FCC looked at whether it should follow Canada's lead and allocate a chunk of spectrum to give utilities wireless broadband for smart grid devices.

The FCC joined the alphabet soup of federal agencies that's contemplating what its role might be in bringing our electric grid a bit of intelligence.

Source:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/08/utilities-may-get-dedicated-chunk-of-spectrum-for-smart-grid.ars

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