Ingrid Lunden
Sep 1, 2011 5:20 AM
The UK is preparing to roll out a new, superfast mobile broadband service that would also more than double the amount of spectrum that is currently available for mobile broadband. Regulator Ofcom today announced plans to go ahead with “white spaces” broadband services, which run on unused spectrum originally allocated…
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Tricia Duryee
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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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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