The FCC took action today aimed at freeing up and optimizing spectrum for mobile and fixed broadband. Spectrum bands involved include the C-band, CBRS band and TV white spaces band. C-Band The C-band includes vaunted mid-band spectrum between 3.7 and…
The FCC will vote later this month on a proposal aimed at increasing options for fixed and mobile broadband deployments using vacant TV broadcast spectrum, commonly known as TV white spaces. The proposal comes from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and…
Microsoft has awarded funding to eight startup companies, including four in the U.S., as part of its Airband Grant Fund. All four U.S. Microsoft Airband grant winners will use TV white spaces broadband wireless technology to support their projects, and…
Microsoft and rural partner Packerland Broadband are aiming for speeds of 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream for a fixed wireless deployment in rural Michigan and Wisconsin that will use TV white spaces and other technologies, said Cory Heigl,…
TV white spaces fixed wireless broadband technology could benefit from small cell deployments, according to Microsoft. The technology giant has been conducting a trial tapping the two technologies in Cambridge, U.K. in a deployment dubbed Microsoft Project Belgrade and has…
TV white spaces (TVWS) technology provided by Microsoft is helping people in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands reconnect with people outside their immediate communities. More than two months have passed since Puerto Rico and the Caribbean were ravaged…
Will 2016 be the year we finally begin to see a serious uptake in adoption of TV white spaces broadband wireless technology? The answer is yes, according to Jim Carlson, CEO of Carlson Wireless, who told Telecompetitor this week that…
Wireless Internet service providers that use TV white spaces technology to provide broadband service to rural areas should be able to operate in some additional spectrum bands as the result of FCC action yesterday – although the WISPs also are…
In today’s world of online corporate blogs, it’s important to keep in mind that although such blogs can inform us, the authors typically aren’t journalists and aren’t always out to provide the full story on an issue. These thoughts came…
The National Association of Broadcasters last week filed an emergency motion with the FCC to suspend operation of the TV white spaces database because, according to the NAB, the system has “serious design flaws.” But according to the Wireless Innovation…
Gigabit Libraries Network and Chief Officers of State Library Agencies plan to explore the use of portable TV white spaces broadband equipment in community disaster planning. “The reality is that after a catastrophic event, the public communications infrastructure WILL be…
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