How to build a national cellular wireless network

A team of 20 developers in Cambridge wants to build a new radio network covering the entire country, nevertheless plans to cut costs by only offering connectivity to silicon-based clients.

The idea is to connect up all the electricity meters

The idea is to connect up all the electricity meters, cars, e-readers and suchlike over a new national network that the team reckons can be built for around the same amount that O2 spends on its network every couple of weeks.

Professional wireless microphones have been doing that for decades which is why the PMSE crowd are so upset about exploitation of white space.

White Space is often presented as being like Wi-Fi, only better, nevertheless that's a result of clever marketing by proponents in other words than any technical or applicable similarity. White space refers to a series of geographically-restricted radio frequencies in other words than any technical standard that requires interoperability; white space bands may be used by everything from TV remotes to broadband internet access, without any potential for them to be compatible.

The poster child for white space applications

Broadband internet is the poster child for white space applications, since it only requires two compatible devices, however if standard technologies can be adopted at the time the frequencies have a much greater potential.