Television White Spaces (TVWS) is a term used to describe the interleaved or contiguous unused portions of spectrum found between the frequency bands allocated for broadcast Television. TVWS spectrum has superior propagation characteristics such as the ability to penetrate natural and man-made obstacles and can provide signal coverage over very large geographical area.

TVWS is ideal for delivering affordable broadband connectivity to underserved or unserved hard-to-reach rural communities, providing wireless Internet connectivity across campuses, Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. TVWS is being considered as enabler in the future global wireless standards such as the fifth generation (5G) ecosystem.

Spectrum Switch have the benefits of enabling deployment of TVWS-based wireless broadband networks, provide a tool to limit harmful interference to primary TV spectrum users, promote efficient radio frequency (RF) utilisation and the development of enabling regulatory framework for dynamic spectrum access (DSA) policy.