The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a not-for-profit organisation that commits itself to technological innovation and advancements, has published a new 802.22 standard for Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs). 

The IEEE proposes using the so-called ‘whitespaces’ between television UHF and UHV bandwidth for wi-fi signals. 

The research, conducted in the United States, proposes that speeds up to 22MBps can be achieved over an area of 62 miles (100 km) using just one wi-fi hotspot. 

The big advantage of using long-range frequencies, such as those used by television, means mobile providers can use fewer transmitters while simultaneously covering a much larger area. 

Consumers in rural areas of the UK would also benefit from this technology as, it has been suggested, coverage in these areas at present is inadequate.

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Search giant Google admitted collecting information from unsecured wireless networks back in May of this year.

The first batch of Wi-Fi data included snippets of e-mails, URLs and passwords and was collected from Street View cars.

It is understood that this cluster was deleted in November whilst the remaining data was securely stored on disks, in order to preserve data that was collected in other countries where preservation requests were in place.

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has now confirmed that all of the personal data collected from the UK has now been deleted and this has now been independently certified.

The deletion itself was carried out by Stroz Friedberg, a US forensics firm.