Broadcast Engineering

...Addressing the New America Foundation, Page painted a picture of slippage in broadband penetration in the United States, framing his comments in Google's mission to “organize the world's information.” In his talk, Page noted that years of successful usage of wireless microphones in the UHF band suggests that unlicensed devices could similarly operate without causing interference. Page believes that tapping the unused TV white spaces for broadband access would be a tremendous opportunity to bring the Internet to more Americans,… more

Google co-founder Larry Page visited Washington last week to lobby for the free, unlicensed use of white space spectrum. In a speech to the New America Foundation, Page used a wireless microphone to downplay interference concerns... LINK

A coalition of major technology companies continue to aggressively lobby federal officials to use the white space spectrum between television broadcast channels, for wireless consumer devices as well as new Internet access. Now, with critical technology beginning to be tested by the FCC, the stakes are raised for broadcasters, production companies and Internet service providers...Using unlicensed white space spectrum is a politically charged issue in Washington because of the perceived threat of competition it holds for the powerful… more