Article: FCC set to test white-spaces devices again.

Byline: JEFFREY SILVA

The Federal Communications Commission was set to begin field testing prototype TV white-spaces devices last week, a strong signal that agency chairman Kevin Martin remains committed to opening up more airwaves to Wi-Fi and other unlicensed wireless devices if interference to digital broadcast signals can be avoided.

The commission has been conducting lab testing of white-spaces devices during the past 12 months, with results yielding some successes as well as failures. The high-tech sector maintains that testing to date proves that the technology exists to enable low-power white-spaces gadgets to sense and avoid digital TV transmissions, (though ...

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