Waves in the electromagnetic spectrum can all travel through a vacuum at the speed of light - 3 x 108 ms-1. The wide range of frequencies and wavelengths of different waves have a variety of uses.
The electromagnetic spectrum ranges from long wavelength, low frequencyThe total number of times an event occurs. waves (like radio waves which can be used for communication) to short wavelength, high frequency waves (like gamma rays which can be used for medical treatment).