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VOYT: "Qualcomm" of 700MHz space?

VOYT re Qualcomm, etc: see
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VOYT&read=29481
...Voyant wants to be The Qualcomm of 700MHz space.(that was the stated goal)...

2006 article re Qualcomm: FCC Green Lights 700MHz
http://www.dailywireless.org/2006/10/13/fcc-green-lights-700mhz/
Starts off:
....Qualcomm can operate its MediaFLO mobile TV service in markets where TV broadcasters are currently using the 700 MHz spectrum, the FCC voted on Thursday. ...
....Qualcomm owns UHF channel 55 licenses across the United States. The FCC said the company must protect broadcasters on Channels 54, 55 and 56 from interference. It established engineering guidelines that were something of a compromise between those prefered by broadcasters and those sought by Qualcomm...
...In its vote (pdf), the FCC agreed to allow Qualcomm to offer mobile TV services in markets where TV broadcasters are currently operating, as long as Qualcomm follows established engineering guidelines for minimizing interference. Under the ruling, Qualcomm cannot cause more than 0.5 percent of interference the first year, but over the next several years that threshold will gradually increase to 1.5 percent. Qualcomm had initially asked for a 2 percent threshold...
...Qualcomm’s $800 million endeavor to deliver TV to cell phones began three years ago in FCC auction 44, Qualcomm won a $38 million bid for UHF Channel 55 throughout 80 percent of the nation. Qualcomm later bought the rights to Channel 55 for the rest of the nation in a private transaction....



Above article includes comments re cognitive radio device technology, etc