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Title
Nation’s First “Smart Grid” White Spaces Network Trial
Description
Spectrum Bridge, Inc, in partnership with Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative & Telecommunications (PSREC) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), announced today that Plumas-Sierra County, CA has launched the nation’s first “Smart Grid” wireless network trial utilizing TV White Spaces spectrum. With its outstanding propagation characteristics, ability to penetrate foliage and non-line of sight connectivity, PSREC chose TV White Spaces to enable “Smart Grid” technologies to investigate more efficient ways to manage its supply-and-demand of electricity, improve System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) with PSREC Substations and provide broadband Internet access to underserved areas.
Date
Jun 23, 2010

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