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Tag: TV White Spaces
CEO: Declaration Networks Shifts Focus from FWA to Fiber
Among Declaration Networks claims to fame: The company is a Microsoft Airband partner, it has made some rural funding wins, and it has
Watch Communications to Work With Electric Co-Ops on Microsoft Airband Projects
The Watch Communications Microsoft Airband partnership aims to bring broadband to parts of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky. Working with rural
CAF II Winner Cal.net Shares Plans to Use CBRS for 100 Mbps Fixed Wireless
CBRS 100 Mbps speeds are possible over distances of about 2.5 miles, said the CTO of Cal.net. The company will use equipment operating…
Microsoft Airband Exec Expects CAF II Winners to Use TV White Spaces to Deliver Rural Broadband
CAF II TV white spaces can support 25/3 Mbps deployments. As for the 100/20 Mbps deployments some carriers have promised, an Airband executive told us that
Spectrum Bonanza Today at the FCC with Action on C-Band, CBRS and TV White Spaces
FCC spectrum action at today’s commission meeting included adopting a plan to repurpose satellite spectrum for 5G, to allow higher power levels and antennas
Zayo to Provide Backbone Fiber for Microsoft Airband Rural Broadband Initiative
The Zayo Microsoft Airband deal calls for Zayo to provide backbone connectivity for Airband ISP partners who are bringing service to rural areas,
FCC’s Pai Proposes Higher Power and Antennas for TV White Spaces Broadband
The Pai white spaces proposal would permit higher-power mobile operations within geo-fenced areas and revise rules to facilitate the development of IoT
Latest Airband Project: Microsoft, ARK Multicasting Seek to Ease Rural ISP Network Congestion
A Microsoft ARK Multicasting deal aims to develop more efficient ways to deliver video and other high bandwidth content leveraging Microsoft Azure cloud serves to create a distributed edge and using . . .
Microsoft Airband Nextlink Partnership Targets Rural Broadband in Six States
A Microsoft Airband Nextlink partnership will deploy fixed wireless broadband using TV white spaces technology to bring service to parts of Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas
WISPA, Microsoft, Google Push for C-band Co-channel Sharing, Saying It Could Support Gigabit Fixed Wireless
C-band co-channel sharing would enable fixed wireless operators to share spectrum with satellite earth stations. It might be a solution to disagreements between fixed and mobile operators about . . .
Watch Communications is Latest Microsoft Airband Partner, Partnership Aims to Reach 3.78 Million People
The Watch Communications Microsoft partnership will undertake one of the biggest Airband rural broadband deployments. The project will cover large parts of three states, including . . .
CBRS Environmental Sensor Capability Ready to Launch, FCC Expected to OK Commercial Deployment Soon
CBRS environmental sensor capability (ESC) is required to make sure commercial operators don’t use the spectrum where it is in use by…
Airband Rural Wireless Program Has Eight Service Provider Partners, 230 More on Microsoft Wireless ISP Program
The Microsoft Airband project aims to bring broadband to areas of 25 states that lack broadband today. A Microsoft exec talked to us about…
Microsoft Joins Critics of FCC Broadband Availability Data, Wants Fixed Wireless Funding, Raises Airband Goals
FCC broadband availability data says 25 million people cannot get service, but Microsoft estimates that 162.8 million people do not use broadband. While not using broadband doesn’t mean someone can’t get it, the disparity suggests that . . .
Microsoft Airband Partner Added in Northwest, Aims to Reach 73K with Fixed Wireless
The latest Microsoft Airband partner is Native Network. The project targets tribal lands in Washington and Montana and will use fixed wireless, including TV white spaces technology.
Microsoft Airband to Use Redline Virtual Fiber Radio Tech for Fixed Wireless Projects
A Microsoft Airband Redline deal calls for Microsoft to use Redline fixed wireless equipment to bring broadband to unserved rural areas. Microsoft already has partnered with . . .
Microsoft Airband Announces Another Fixed Wireless Partner, Targets 127K People in 3 States
The latest microsoft airband partner is Network Business Systems. The project will bring broadband to unserved areas of Illinois, Iowa and South Dakota. TV white spaces will be one of the technologies used.
Microsoft Airband Partners Expand Again with Agile Networks, Will Target 110K with Fixed Wireless
News about new Microsoft Airband partners has been coming at a fast pace lately. The latest partner on the rural broadband initiative already has deployed broadband wireless in numerous Ohio counties.
Microsoft Airband Project Gains Momentum, Grant Winners Will Use TV White Spaces Broadband
U.S. Microsoft Airband grant winners include three wireless internet service providers, including one that is tribally-focused, along with Numbers4Health, a startup that puts health information software and technology in schools where injured student-athletes can be quickly assessed.
RTO Wireless is Latest Microsoft Airband Fixed Wireless Rural Partner
A new Microsoft RTO Wireless partnership calls for the companies to bring mobile and fixed wireless to rural areas of New York and Maine. The companies plan to use white spaces and CBRS band spectrum.
Microsoft and Radwin Partner on TV White Space Broadband
Microsoft and Radwin hope to bring additional TV White Space spectrum based technology solutions to the TV White Space ecosystem. Solutions to be used for Microsoft’s Airband initiative are expected in 2019.
Microsoft Airband Project Gains Another Partner, Targets Rural Virginia Fixed Wireless Project
A Microsoft Declaration Networks Virginia deployment will use TV white spaces and other wireless technology. The project is one of 12 Rural Airband projects that Microsoft has targeted for the initiative’s first year. Rural Airband aims to . . .
Microsoft Teams with Packerland Broadband, Aims for 25/3 Mbps for Airband TV White Spaces
A Microsoft Airband project in Michigan and Wisconsin will make broadband available to 82,000 people by 2022, said Microsoft and rural partner Packerland Broadband. The deployment will rely on TV white spaces as well as several other wireless technologies.
Microsoft Project Belgrade Taps Small Cells for TV White Spaces Fixed Wireless Broadband
MIcrosoft Project Belgrade deployed TVWS radios in Cambridge, U.K. — an urban area quite different from the rural areas where U.S. wireless internet service providers have deployed the technology. In the deployment, Microsoft saw speeds of . . .