LStelcomm AG is now an approved whitespace database administrator!… Continue Reading
Google has been approved as a white space database administrator . . . wait, didn't we already report this last year? Yes and no.… Continue Reading
Google has filed its report on the trial of its modified white space database administration system. Now you've got a chance to comment on it.… Continue Reading
In the white space database administrator sweepstakes, Comsearch has moved up in the pack.… Continue Reading
Google has developed a modified white space database system. You'll be able to start testing it next week.… Continue Reading
In the White Space Database Administrator Derby, Comsearch has made it out of the starting blocks.… Continue Reading
Key Bridge Global LLC has made it to the finish line.… Continue Reading
LS telcom has started the last lap in its effort to become the next white space database administrator approved by the Commission.… Continue Reading
And then there were three.… Continue Reading
LS telcom AG seeks to join the two coordinators operating and two others awaiting approval.… Continue Reading
Mark your scorecards: once approved, these will be database managers numbers 3 and 4.… Continue Reading
Of the ten FCC-approved coordinators eligible to provide access to the white space database, Spectrum Bridge, Inc. and Telcordia Technologies, Inc. have successfully completed their tests and are authorized to support white space devices nationwide, while Google and now Key Bridge Global are in the test preparation phase.… Continue Reading
TV "white space" devices, which operate on an unlicensed basis in locally vacant TV spectrum, are now authorized nationwide.… Continue Reading
Unlicensed "white space" devices, which operate in locally vacant TV spectrum, rely on a database of other users to avoid causing interference. The FCC has approved ten coordinators to provide access to the database.… Continue Reading
Touted by advocates as "Wi-Fi on steroids," TV Band Devices can now boot up in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and North Carolina. The FCC expects to extend authorization nationwide by mid-January.… Continue Reading
When the FCC established rules for TV Band Devices, it required them to avoid interfering with other equipment operating on TV frequencies. The most populous of those, by far, are the wireless microphones that are ubiquitous in TV, stage, and film production.… Continue Reading
The effective date of the recently-revised "white space" rules has now been set.… Continue Reading
We assume the pace of approvals will pick up. At the current rate, it will probably take until the year 2797 before white space systems are fully deployed.… Continue Reading
Most of the public that Telcordia is authorized to serve will have to wait for that service.… Continue Reading
There are still eight database providers to go. We will keep track so you don't have to.… Continue Reading
A second white space database administrator has given the word that it is ready for testing . . . or at least it will be, as of December 7.… Continue Reading