From: Jim Ray (USNO 202-762-1444) Message-Id: <200202151346.IAA24562@maia.usno.navy.mil> Subject: [IGSMAIL-3740]: FCC approves Ultra-wideband Technology To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 8:46:26 EST Sender: owner-igsmail Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 15 Feb 05:46:28 PST 2002 Message Number 3740 ****************************************************************************** Author: Jim Ray ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forwarded message: Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 23:57:34 -0400 From: Richard Langley Subject: GPS News from Yahoo - Ultrawideband Technology Gets FCC Nod Ultrawideband Technology Gets FCC Nod (Reuters) Federal regulators approved on Thursday the use of a new, yet controversial, wireless technology that could help rescue workers find people buried in rubble or locate stresses in the side of a bridge, overcoming fears it would interfere with important navigation aids. For the full story, go to: http://rd.yahoo.com/alerts/email/news/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020214/tc_nm/telecoms_ultrawideband_fcc_dc_2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The FCC press release is at: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/News_Releases/2002/nret0203.html It is claimed that any adverse impacts on GPS should be very minimal, partly because the UWB usage is largely limited to frequencies above 3.1 GHz.