White Spaces Spectrum

Google Starts The Hard Work Of Getting White Spaces Up And Running

Feb 4, 2009 6:42 PM

The FCC approved a very controversial plan in November to allow unused portions of TV airwaves called White Spaces available for wireless broadband service, and today Google (NSDQ: GOOG) kicked off the long, tedious process of getting mobile devices to market. It wrote on its blog that in order for…

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Sprint, T-Mobile Want White Spaces Spectrum To Be Licensed

Carlo Longino

Jan 4, 2008 3:19 PM

Sprint (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile have weighed in on the debate over the so-called “white spaces” spectrum that’s in between frequencies used by TV broadcasters, urging the FCC to license the spectrum for fixed backhaul use. In a letter (PDF link) to the commission, the operators say they need cheaper…

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