FCC Chooses White Space Administrators
The FCC has tapped Google and eight other companies to be “white space” administrators for devices using TV spectrum for internet access, reports Forbes.
The FCC has tapped Google and eight other companies to be “white space” administrators for devices using TV spectrum for internet access, reports Forbes.
Both Google and Microsoft have expressed an “extreme interest” in white space spectrum in the UK, according to The Telegraph.
The FCC is poised to vote Nov. 4 on a series of big issues including the Sprint-Clearwire deal and the Verizon Wireless-Alltel merger.
The FCC will soon rule on white space, using unused broadcast television frequencies to transmit unlicensed broadband wireless, which has a range of uses.
The first ‘Smart City’ network trial utilizing TV white spaces has been launched in Wilmington N.C. We explain how the new trial could change our technology.
The FCC is allowing use of white spaces for mobile broadband services in the US which could allow developments such as higher speed transmissions of data.