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Article: Finding Use for the Airwaves' 'White Spaces'
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 28, 2008
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The Federal Communications Commission has spent nearly a year
testing devices designed to use empty television channels, known as
white spaces, for high-speed Internet service. As those tests near
conclusion, the agency is evaluating yet another proposal about the
best use of the airwaves.
Technology giants such as Google, Microsoft and Motorola want the
FCC to let them use vacant channels without licensing to provide
cheap wireless broadband. But TV broadcasters and wireless
microphone makers are opposed, saying multiple companies using the
same white space could mean more interference for their broadcasts.
Qualcomm, a wireless chip maker, and CTIA, the wireless
industry's lobbying ...
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