Google’s first trial to use the unused channels in the broadcast TV spectrum to provide wireless broadband access launched in 2010 in Logan, Ohio. Since then, Google has shown a lot of interest in this topic and today it is launching its second trial. This time it is in Cape Town, South Africa, where Google partnered with a number of local organizations to connect 10 schools to the new wireless… → Read More
U.K. telecoms regulator Ofcom has taken another step towards enabling consumer devices to make use of white spaces spectrum. This spectrum is particularly coveted owing to its ability to travel large distances and offer good in-building coverage. Ofcom has now published detailed proposals for a framework to allow the technology to be used in the U.K. → Read More
Google and Microsoft are sniffing around white spaces spectrum in the U.K., according to a Telegraph report, with a view to possibly offering free built-in wi-fi for mobile devices running their software. The paper does not have explicit details of the pair’s plans but rather quotes government sources saying the two companies have expressed “extreme interest” in the unused airwaves. → Read More
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