[STDS-802-11-REG] For TV ‘White Spaces,' the Global Outlook Is Hopeful but Cautious

["Peter Ecclesine (pecclesi)" <pecclesi@xxxxxxxxx>]

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For TV ‘White Spaces,' the Global Outlook Is Hopeful but Cautious

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

 

By Paul Barbagallo  

Ten years ago, when the first of the world's TV stations began switching over to all-digital broadcasts, freeing up hundreds of megahertz of spectrum in the process, U.S. technology giants saw a rare opportunity.

They could use whatever was left after the transition — the “white space” — to transmit broadband signals more cheaply and easily everywhere in the world, especially in places like rural America and sub-Saharan Africa, where even the most basic Internet service is not widely available, if it is available at all.

In little time, a coalition led by Google Inc., Microsoft Inc., Intel Corp., Dell Inc., and Hewlett-Packard successfully lobbied both the Federal Communications Commission and Ofcom, the British communications regulator, to green-light the idea.

Since those early victories, however, their campaign has grown far more difficult.

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