
FCC approves Google’s ‘white space’ database operation
The Federal Communications Commission has approved Google’s plan to operate a database that would allow unlicensed TV broadcast spectrum to be used for wireless broadband and shared among many users. Google, which was granted commission approval Friday, is the latest company to complete the FCC’s 45-day testing phase. Spectrum Bridge and Telcordia completed their trials, and there are another 10 companies, including Microsoft, which are working on similar databases. The new database will keep track of the TV broadcast frequencies in use so that wireless broadband devices can take…
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