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IEEE 802.22 Standard Finalized, Whitespace Internet Gets Closer

IEEE, the largest professional association advancing technology for humanity in the world, has just announced that they managed to finalize the new IEEE 802.22 standard. Through it, access to wide regional areas around the world is available, which should result in the availability of secure high-speed communicat...

27 July 2011
14:21 GMT

Microsoft Salutes the FCC Super Wi-Fi Approval

Microsoft stated in a press release that it “applauds Federal Communications Commission’s ruling to realize the potential of Super Wi-Fi”.Yesterday, the FCC voted unanimously for the approval of the use of white spaces, the unused broadcast spectrum in TV frequencies, for unlicensed data.FCC Chairma...

24 September 2010
06:18 GMT

White Spaces Worth $100 Billion, Microsoft-Backed Study Says

The so-called “white spaces” in the TV spectrum left open by the move towards digital broadcasting are very attractive to a number of big tech companies and for good reason. The unlicensed space could lower the entry for wireless Internet solutions, which would cover a much broader area than the current W...

25 September 2009
10:35 GMT

White Fi, Long-Range Wireless Internet Using White Spaces

Wireless Internet is quickly becoming a strict necessity both in developed parts of the world but also in emerging regions. Current Wi-Fi technology is reaching its limits and is only suited for short-to-medium ranges with relatively small amounts of bandwidth. One of the best prospects for the future is the opening ...

18 August 2009
03:24 GMT

Dell Laptops to Use TV Spectrum for Broadband

There was a time when portable computer systems, such as laptops, were considered a way by which people could take their data with them wherever they went. However, with the latest advancements in technology, laptops have received a few more functionalities, which made these devices surpass desktop systems in terms o...

6 November 2008
11:43 GMT

Microsoft Applauds Free White Spaces

Microsoft was one of the tech giants quick to welcome the news that the channels not delivering broadcasting television programming of the US TV airwaves are free to deliver wireless broadband Internet connections. In this manner, the Redmond giant, along with additional technology companies that have lobbied intensi...

5 November 2008
05:27 GMT

Google Advocates Global Internet Access

Google has initiated the program "Free the Airwaves," which comes as a continuation to its efforts to determine the Federal Communications Commission to accept the free use of "TV white spaces." These are the analog frequencies that will be freed-up starting with February 2009, when broadcasters will be forced to an ...

19 August 2008
04:17 GMT

Alternative Wi-Fi Internet Solution from Google

Google, along with its partners, is supporting an initiative that is supposed to bring wireless high-speed Internet to every home, for an affordable price. The method is somewhat unusual, although the search giant has been promoting it for five months now, and it consists of allowing Internet providers to use the whi...

11 August 2008
12:09 GMT


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