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  • August 2008

    • Google Readies for Spectrum Showdown

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Aug 19, 08 9:49 AM CDT

      Google Readies for Spectrum Showdown

      (Newser) - Google has launched an aggressive campaign to free up the soon-to-be-emptied "white spaces" of the TV spectrum for Internet devices and broadband access, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The spaces will open up when TV switches entirely to digital in February. Google and other tech giants are hotly disputing use of the spaces with broadcasters. More »

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      Google  • FCC  • broadcasting  • digital television  • airwaves  • unused spectrum

  • May 2008
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  • February 2008

    • Microsoft Blunder Dashes Wireless Hopes

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 13, 08 3:08 PM CST

      Microsoft Blunder Dashes Wireless Hopes

      (Newser) - Twice, the technology sector has looked to Microsoft to help convince the FCC to let it use dormant TV frequencies to deliver broadband Internet – and twice, Microsoft has failed. Last week, the FCC tested a Microsoft device designed to prove the broadband and TV signals could coexist, only to have it fail utterly, the Wall Street Journal reports, possibly killing the initiative. More »

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      Microsoft  • FCC  • broadband Internet  • airwaves  • white space

  • January 2008

    • Crickets Likely at FCC Discount Airwave Auction

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 15, 08 2:32 PM CST

      Crickets Likely at FCC Discount Airwave Auction

      (Newser) - What if the FCC held an auction and nobody came? In 2 weeks, the government will put a  nationwide airwave on the block starting at the low, low price of $1.33 billion. The catch? The lucky winner has to share the band with emergency responders. Right now, no company looks too interested in the deal, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Google  • FCC  • AT and T  • spectrum auction  • emergency responders  • airwaves

  • August 2007

    • Microsoft Renews FCC Fight Over TV 'White Space'

      Washington Post  |  Aug 13, 07 9:28 AM CDT

      Microsoft Renews FCC Fight Over TV 'White Space'

      (Newser) - Regulators won't OK Microsoft's plan to give consumers access to the Internet through unused TV airwaves, but the firm isn't taking no for an answer. The FCC has already nixed a protoype that caused static on existing broadcasts, but Microsoft says it now has a version that works, and a filing today will ask regulators to reconsider the initial ruling. More »

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      Internet  • television  • Google  • Microsoft  • technology  • FCC  • Dell  • airwaves  • white space

  • July 2007

    • FCC Ruling to Test Google Power

      Washington Post  |  Jul 30, 07 9:53 AM CDT

      FCC Ruling to Test Google Power

      (Newser) - The FCC will rule tomorrow on whether an upcoming airwaves auction will require its winner to build an open-access network, and the verdict will test Google’s lobbying prowess, the Washington Post reports. Google has been pushing the open network aggressively, to the chagrin of AT&T and Verizon,  mustering support  from public interest groups and consumer advocates. More »

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      Google  • FCC  • Verizon  • AT and T  • net neutrality  • airwaves  • network

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