Isn’t it fun when new technology gets approved for consumption? Well I think so. Anyway, InfoWorld reports that software defined radios will be making their way forward here very soon.

The FCC ‘applauded’ the technology saying that this is great since it will allow users to share limited airspace without the problems of interference. I also think that this could have some real potential. It sounds like radio just made a comeback!

The Vanu Software Radio GSM Base Station from Vanu can support multiple cellular technologies and frequencies at the same time and can be modified in the future without any hardware changes, according to Vanu Chief Executive Officer Vanu Bose. Software-defined radios like Vanu’s could lower costs and provide new flexibility in wireless networks, IDC analyst Shiv Bakhshi said Friday.

Traditional radios are hardware components built for a particular frequency range, modulation type and output power. Software-defined radios (SDRs) consist of a flexible radio controlled by software running on a computer or device. The concept goes beyond cellular base stations to other types of radios, such as handheld devices that can switch from one network to another to suit a particular application or environment.