Dell laptop computers will take advantage of white space

The Federal Commission of Communications decided recently to open a part of the spectrum ranging from 521MHz to 698MHz, which at the moment is assigned for television broadcasting. This has created a new opportunity for technological companies.
Hewlett-Packard, Google and Dell have been fighting to open up this spectrum, as known as “white space”, to provide an additional choice of wireless broadband for the users. The defenders of this idea claim that the TV spectrum is able to carry better broadband signals significantly farther than Wi-Fi, and that opening up the white space will allow the expansion of the market for new devices like smartphones.
Dell has just announced that its objective is to “integrate” the white space into its new products, including all type of laptops and other devices that are able to access the Internet in a wireless way. Anyway, the company have not announced any dates when the technology would be added.
Originally, the 2.4GHz spectrum was not considered useful for communications because microwave ovens operate in the same frequency, some interferences can be easily generated and it doesn’t offer efficient penetration of physical objects like walls or furniture.