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Belarus imposing WiFi licensing?

Mikhail Doroshevich writes from Minsk that on 31 January 2006, Belarus' Ministry of Communications and Informatization (MCI) cancelled its rule allowing unlicensed use of the 2400 - 2483.5 MHz band for spread spectrum communications (WiFi). That rule had been in place since 1998 although Belarusians still needed permission from the military before deploying such wireless networks.

MCI has tasked the State Commission on Radio Frequencies with responsibility for developing new rules for wireless data networking at 2.4 GHz.

Details are still sketchy, but this change may be related to conversion of the 2.4 GHz band from military to civilian use, which is just getting underway in the CIS countries.

See our Belarus page for earlier and later developments in this field.

[: 16 February 2006]

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