Microsoft and Adaptrum have partnered with MyDigitalBridge Foundation to conduct a trial of a TV white spaces broadband network in Namibia which according to an announcement released today is the world’s largest TVWS deployment measured by geography. The network is…
New York City-based startup company ASA Networks sees great potential for TV white spaces technology. The wireless Internet service provider is currently trialing the technology in Gallatin, a rural area in upstate New York, and plans to expand service to…
A new partnership between the Wireless Internet Service Providers’ Association and the Gigabit Libraries Network aims to facilitate the deployment of TV white spaces (TVWS) broadband in libraries nationwide. “The WISP needs experience with TVWS and libraries offer an ideal…
The latest TV white spaces deployment is in the small town of Thurman, N.Y. (pop. 1,200). Announced yesterday, the new broadband wireless network uses equipment from Carlson Wireless that operates in vacant TV broadcast spectrum and does not require line…
There seems to be no end to the different ways TV white spaces broadband wireless equipment can be engineered. The latest offering to be FCC approved for unlicensed use in vacant TV broadcast spectrum comes from Redline Communications and it’s…
Participants have been chosen for a trial of TV white spaces equipment for public libraries announced early last month by the Gigabit Libraries Network. The trial, scheduled to get underway next month, is designed to test the practicality of Wi-Fi…
Student and faculty at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.V. now have Wi-Fi connectivity at rapid transit platforms as the result of a recently completed TV white spaces deployment. The deployment is the first to result from the Air.U initiative…
The Gigabit Libraries Network is looking for at least half a dozen rural libraries to participate in a trial of WiFi hotspots that use TV white spaces for Internet connectivity. The GLN aims to announce participating pilot projects at the…
Google on Friday gained FCC approval to operate a database system to support broadband wireless communications in TV white spaces spectrum. The company isn’t the first to obtain such approval, but its entry into the market should help attract more…
CAMBRIDGE, UK – Feb. 12, 2013 — Neul, Ltd. today announced the release of the world’s first TV White Space transceiver chip, Iceni. Capable of tuning across the entire UHF TV white space spectrum (470 – 790MHz), the single chip…
It’s been a long journey, but it shouldn’t be much longer until we start seeing broader availability of broadband wireless service delivered via TV white spaces technology. After several years of trials, the FCC more than a year ago issued…