UK gets first broadband service in TVWS spectrum

(Telecompaper) UK internet domain registry Nominet said it plans to connect remote areas in Wales and Scotland not covered by wired broadband by using gaps in the radio spectrum assigned to Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT). Working with telecoms firm Broadway Partners, Nominet said Europe's first TV white space (TVWS) service will start this week on the Isle of Arran, west of Glasgow. Customers can opt to pay GBP 25 monthly for a connection delivering 25/2 Mbps or GBP 35 for 35/3 Mbps, according to