# Unlicensed White Space Devices
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2019-07-19 · Effective 2019-08-19 · 84 FR 34792
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-10921
- **Category:** broadband
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 34792
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 15
- **Publication date:** 2019-07-19
- **Effective date:** 2019-08-19
- **FCC docket:** ET Docket No. 16-56, ET Docket No. 14-165, GN Docket No. 12-268, RM-11745, FCC 19-24
## Abstract

In the Report and Order, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) takes steps to improve the accuracy and reliability of fixed white space device data recorded in the white space databases and assure that the potential for these devices to cause interference to protected services is minimized. In the Order on Reconsideration, the Commission modifies the white space device antenna height rules to allow improved broadband coverage in rural areas, and resolves certain outstanding white space reconsideration issues. White space devices are used to provide a variety of wireless services, including broadband data.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/19/2019-10921/unlicensed-white-space-devices)
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