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Begins verification of whether TVWS band (TV White Space) can be utilized for public WiFi in Seocho-gu, Seoul. It will also identify routes for seamless communication services while on the move, and plan to expand routes.

Seocho-gu office in Seoul will carry out a pilot project to validate Innonet and TVWS technology. By the end of the year, we will provide TVWS-based public Wi-Fi pilot service for one village bus. It is the first time that local governments have directly tested TVWS using bus public WiFi technology. 

The Seocho-gu office plans to apply TVWS to the outskirts of the city area. As the downtown area is densely populated with Wi-Fi service areas, it is a measure to minimize public Wi-Fi shaded areas around the outskirts. Cheonggyecheon and Yangjae neighborhood are the main applications. 

TVWS can provide up to 20Mbps communication speed in 10km coverage by using 470 ~ 698㎒MHz, the void band of digital TV frequency. It can significantly reduce costs over long-term LTE-based Wi-Fi services. 

An official at the Seocho-gu Office said, "Considering that service limitations may be limited due to limited data capacity when providing LTE-based bus public Wi-Fi to 3G or long-term, we will verify alternative technologies such as TVWS. Handover) will be possible. " 

"As there is no case where TVWS is used for bus public Wi-Fi service, it will be possible to judge the proliferation potential of TVWS through Seocho-gu Office verification project." "It will be an opportunity to enter the public Wi-Fi market in earnest " The CEO of Innonet said.