About
TV Band Service LLC develops and deploys wireless communication technologies for
government and enterprise. The company operations include:
- trialing emerging next-generation wireless technologies
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system integration, network construction and maintenance
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software development and distribution
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hardware development and distribution
January 26, 2012:
TV BAND SERVICE CONSTRUCTS and MANAGES THE WORLD’S FIRST FCC AUTHORIZED TV
BAND WHITE SPACE NETWORKS IN WILMINGTON, NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC
“World’s First Commercial White Spaces Network Launching Today in
North Carolina”
“World’s First ‘Super Wi-Fi’ Commercial Network Launches in
North Carolina”
“Nation’s First Super Wi-Fi Network Arrives”
TVBS operates a cooperative testbed centered on the EUE/Screen Gems 50 acre Film and TV
production complex in Wilmington, North Carolina; home of the national DTV transition and
now the White Spaces integration.

The TVBS Testbed in Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC
In a public-private partnership with the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County,
TV Band Service has created a generative platform for trialing new wireless innovations
and technologies. The TVBS Wilmington testbed has supported the White Spaces trials
cited in the
National Broadband Plan http://www.broadband.gov/plan/5-spectrum/ and was chosen
as the site for 2012 launch of White Spaces application testing
http://transition.fcc.gov/
Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db1222/DOC-311652A1.pdf
TV Band Service is currently trialing applications in TV White Spaces, ATSC M/H 153
and other wireless technology in real-world applications.