Wireless CATV Systems, Inc.
Telecommunication Consultants for the Wireless and Wired Industries
Wireless CATV Systems, Inc. ("WCATV")
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WCATV was organized in 2003 to exploit the multitude of FCC spectrum that was becoming available for the
development of Wireless Telecommunication Services. This spectrum included the Multipoint Video and Data Distribution
Service ("MVDDS") which was created by the FCC specifically to compete with the Cable Television industry. Since that time,
there has been a plethora of hardware, equipment and spectrum made available for the development of a multitude of Wireless
Telecommunication Systems.
This lead to the "Spectrum Rush" of 2004 which was akin to the California "Gold Rush" of 1848. Major players such as
Google and EarthLink scrambled to tie up as many cities as possible. The theory was that this was equivalent to grabbing
a cable television franchise. Municipalities were offered attractive wireless contracts without regard to the financial viability
of the proposed projects.
As was to be expected, this resulted in almost universal failure of all of the projects within the next several years which
brings us to the current time frame. The most notable failure was the Google-EarthLink venture in San Francisco, where the
citizens were promised free wireless connectivity.