Article: Google argues for 'Wi-Fi 2.0' amid airwaves; FCC urged to allow devices to operate in 'white spaces'.(BUSINESS)

Article: Broadcasters, tech companies duel over white spaces; Debate rages over interference, universal broadband, public-safety opportunities.(Upfront)
RCR Wireless News;  September 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ......guardbands known as white spaces-turned up the...it will rule on white spaces by October. Most...permitted in TV white spaces on an unlicensed...without disrupting TV signals or wireless microphones...Access to the TV white spaces can ...

Article: High-Stakes Race to Unlock a Wider Web; Critics Say New Technology May Hinder TV Signals
The Washington Post;  July 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ......unlicensed airwaves between television stations, known as white spaces, could provide a new form of mobile Internet service. Using white spaces "will provide a way to provide broadband across long...and Silicon Valley start-ups are betting that using white spaces could extend the ...

Article: FCC to push forward on white-spaces testing; Opening frequencies could mean fresh opportunities to sell broader devices in unoccupied bands.(News)
RCR Wireless News;  October 15, 2007 ;     517 words ......unoccupied TV broadcast spectrum known as white spaces. The agency's action appears to benefit...in a FCC test in August, an outcome white-spaces proponents attributed to a defective...commission should not authorize use of TV white spaces this fall. Microsoft and Philips ...

Article: United States : Tech Industry Leaders Join to Develop Guidelines for White Spaces Database.
TendersInfo;  February 6, 2009 ;     157 words ......facilitate the timely creation and operation of a white spaces database to govern use of the vacant television broadband spectrum, commonly known as TV white spaces. Founding members of the White Spaces Database Group include Comsearch, Dell...

Article: FCC: Should government license, auction TV white spaces?(News)
RCR Wireless News;  October 16, 2006 ;     639 words ......from interference, and are known as white spaces. One surprising piece of the government...licensed uses should be allowed in the white spaces, and if the FCC should auction the spectrum...authorize unlicensed operations in the white spaces. The FCC looks at making sure we have...

Article: Fight continues over white-spaces sharing; Broadcasters, hi-tech spar over test results.(News)
RCR Wireless News;  March 3, 2008 ;     441 words ......the viability of Wi-Fi operations in white spaces as divergently polarized as congressional...wireless broadband exploitation of TV white spaces, wrote members of Congress to urge that...effectively, and they will evaluate the white spaces opportunity using the same rigorous...

Article: White Spaces: Hot Issue.(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief article)
Broadcasting & Cable;  November 3, 2008 ;     314 words ......review of an FCC engineers' report on white spaces testing, and that it concluded the tests...devices to operate in the so-called 'white spaces' of the digital spectrum. The planned...designed to operate in the so-called 'white spaces' between TV channels, despite broadcasters...

Article: FCC makes 'white spaces' available for broadband.(LEGISLATION)
DM News;  November 10, 2008 ;     212 words ......TV spectrum, commonly referred to as white spaces, available to the public. The more relates...telecom company Motorola, supported making white spaces available. A coalition including broadcasters...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Opening the white spaces will allow for the creation of a Wi...

Article: Use of white spaces OKd for broadband
Charleston Gazette;  November 5, 2008 ;     221 words ......of the television airwaves known as white spaces to deliver wireless broadband service...Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. that say white spaces could be used to bring broadband to...other underserved parts of the country. White spaces are the blank pages on which we will...

Article: Broadcasters & cellcos join forces against Google in white spaces.(MOBILE INTERNET)
The Online Reporter;  April 19, 2008 ;     255 words ......battle against proposals to free up 'white spaces' in the broadcast spectrum for unlicensed...FCC's satisfaction). NAB claims that the white spaces are necessarily vacant to ensure nothing...notably Sprint Nextel (which wants the white spaces for backhaul) and T-Mobile USA (which...

Article: SEN. SUNUNU INTRODUCES 'WHITE SPACES ACT'
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 18, 2007 ;     285 words ......Thursday, January 18, introduced the "White Spaces Act of 2007," which would provide access...believes that opening access to so-called "white spaces" can lead to the creation of new products...removing barriers that prohibit access to white spaces, there is enormous potential for ...

Article: Tech firms jubilant over white-spaces vote.
RCR Wireless News;  November 10, 2008 ;     569 words ......uncorked a plethora of prime spectrum in TV white spaces for unlicensed wireless devices and services...regulators to apply a licensing approach to TV white spaces. Opening the white spaces will allow for the creation of a Wi-Fi on steroids...

Article: White spaces: ready for development permits or off-limits?
EDN;  August 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......how you use the spectrum, say both the White Spaces Coalition and sibling organization the...pool for subsequent use by others. The White Spaces proposal for PAN (personal-area-network...manage airspace-resource allocation. With White Spaces, no centralized spectrum-governing body...

Article: United States: Preachers caught squatting in white spaces.
TendersInfo;  June 20, 2008 ;     372 words ......TV broadcasters in an attempt to keep white spaces white. In the US wireless microphones...generating interference - gaps known as white spaces . Broadcasting in white space is technically...they claim can automatically identify white spaces and avoid interfering with TV broadcasts...