White Spaces

Source: www.nytimes.com --- 27 days ago
Motorola is feeling hopeful that the F.C.C. will soon give device manufacturers the O.K. to use TV White Spaces to deliver high-speed broadband. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 7 days ago
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. ...

Source: blog.washingtonpost.com --- 17 days ago
Google announced today that it is seeking to develop grass roots support for its "White Spaces" campaign at the FCC, its lobbying effort to convert some radio airwaves in order to provide wireless broadband access. The "Free the Airwaves" campaign invites consumers to sign a petition, create their own video... ...

Source: www.pcmag.com --- 20 days ago
Philips claimed victory this week after tests of its White Spaces devices at a pre-season NFL game and Broadway show produced favorable results, though detractors quibbled with the device maker's assessment. ...

Source: www.pcmag.com --- 27 days ago
White Spaces devices will get their turn in the spotlight Sunday when they are tested at a pre-season football game in Maryland, but White Spaces advocate Google said Friday that the results of those tests should not be weighed too heavily. ...

Source: googlewatch.eweek.com --- 17 days ago
Google today appealed to the public for help in freeing up White Spaces, the unused spectrum between channels 2 and 51 on analog TV sets that will be abandoned when we switch to digital TV next year, with a new petition initiative called Free The Airwaves. Free the Airwaves comes after the FCC completed its White Spaces field testing; the agency is expected to make a ruling on White Spaces in the coming months. There is a war being waged over what to do with White Spaces. Google and other companies want to use the vacated spectrum to power their Web-based smart phones and services, but as Om Malik pointed out , the radio broadcasters and cell phone companies fear the devices using White Spaces will cause interference with their devices and services. Google's Free The Airwaves Web site does its best to appeal to humanity: Today more than three-quarters of those radio airwaves, or "White space" spectrum, are completely unused. This vast public resource could offer a revolution in wireless services of all kinds, including universal wireless Internet. The FCC will soon decide whether to open this unused spectrum for general usage, and your voice matters -- a lot. So if you agree that freeing the White Spaces represents a vote for the future of the Internet, please sign our petition and help spread the word about this campaign. Yet Google isn't hiding behind the fact that the spectrum from White Spaces could help its own efforts. Goog ...

Source: wireless.eweek.com --- 17 days ago
The search giant launches a public campaign to pressure the Federal Communications Commission into approving the unlicensed use of the interference buffer zones between digital channels. Google, Microsoft, Motorola and other IT companies hope to exploit the digital television transition by delivering wireless broadband in the empty spectrum between digital television channels. - As the Federal Communications Commission finishes field testing White Spaces devices to determine the practicality of tapping the unused spectrum between digital television channels, Google has launched a public campaign to promote unlicensed use of the airwaves. This unused spectrum known as wh... ...

Source: wireless.eweek.com --- 24 days ago
Motorola's combination of geolocation and sensing technologies performed well in FCC testing, Motorola officials say. Devices by Philips, Adaptrum and InfoComm are also being tested as Google, Microsoft, Motorola and other IT companies hope to exploit the digital television transition by delivering wireless broadband in the empty spectrum between digital television channels. - Motorola said Aug. 7 its geolocation device operated successfully in the Federal Communications Commission's ongoing White Spaces field trials. White Spaces are the unused interference buffer Spaces between digital television channels that a number of tech companies want to use to deliver unlicen... ...

Source: law.usc.edu --- 16 days ago
Unlicensed-device tests yield conflicting interpretations from broadcasters, technology firms. ...

Source: www.webpronews.com --- 24 days ago
Testing at the Federal Communication Commission will determine whether or not Google and its fellow backers of wireless broadband within unused spectrum reaches the marketplace. read more ...

Source: www.infoworld.com --- 17 days ago
Google hopes a new Web site will help convince the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to allow a new generation of wireless broadband devices to connect via unused television spectrum. Google on Monday launched the Free the Airwaves campaign, in an effort to drum up public support for new wireless devices to use the so-called White Spaces, empty wireless spectrum in bands controlled by U.S. television stations. [ Your source for the latest in government IT news and issues: Subscribe to InfoWorld's Government IT newsletter . ] Google and several other tech vendors are now engaged in a public-relations battle with TV stations and makers of wireless microphones, who have raised concerns about possible interference from White Spaces devices. The goal of the new Web site is to help the U.S. public better understand the issues, said Minnie Ingersoll a product manager with Google's alternative access team. "Now is an important time for people who care about the future of the Internet to make their voices heard," she said. Most U.S. residents are "unfamiliar" with the White Spaces debate before the FCC, she added. Google and other tech vendors have called on the FCC to open up the White Spaces  as a way to create wireless broadband networks nationwide. All U.S. TV markets have some unused spectrum controlled by television stations, and White space spectrum would allow broadband signals that travel farther and have faster speeds than ...

Source: www.computerworld.com --- 17 days ago
Google launched a campaign today to spur lobbying by the public for unlicensed spectrum in so-called White Spaces to provide faster, cheaper wireless Internet connectivity nationwide. ...

Source: law.usc.edu --- 24 days ago
Engineers to determine whether prototype devices running on unused TV spectrum can detect presence of wireless microphones. ...

Source: www.computerworld.com --- 17 days ago
Google launched a campaign today to spur lobbying by the public for unlicensed spectrum in so-called White Spaces to provide faster, cheaper wireless Internet connectivity nationwide. ...

Source: www.cio.com --- 15 days ago
Wireless microphones were operating in spectrum occupied by television stations but didn't interfere with broadcasts during recent tests of new wireless broadband devices in Maryland, says a group pushing for government approval of the new devices. ...

Source: www.gooruze.com --- 15 days ago
The New York TimesGoogle is trying to rally grassroots support for its plan to use broadband spectrum "White Spaces" to provide high-speed wireless Internet access to consumers. "White Spaces" refer... ...

Source: rcrwireless.com --- 1 day ago
JUST AS THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APPEARS READY to settle the great White-Spaces debate — one predominantly framed to date by a powerful broadcast lobby fearing costly disruption to digital signals from unlicensed devices and by equally... ...

Source: www.intergovworld.com --- 12 days ago
Free the Airwaves campaign urges FCC to open analog TV spectrum for wireless broadband this fall ...

Source: broadcastengineering.com --- 14 days ago
Recent FCC field-testing yielded debatable results. ...

Source: broadcastengineering.com --- 27 days ago
FedEx Field and Broadway have been named as test sites, while other RF-intensive sites offer their events and facilities as FCC test sites. ...