At the start of the week Google Inc proposed to U.S regulators to allow airwaves between broadcast channels to be used for mobile broadband service purposes.
Filing new proposals with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Google said that it would like to propose an enhanced system to prevent wireless devices operating in the “white space” from interfering with television channels, announcing the plans as a “once in a lifetime opportunity”:
”The vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused, or else is grossly underutilised,” wrote Google’s Richard Whitt in a letter to the FCC. “Unlike other natural resources, there is no benefit to allow this spectrum to lie fallow.”
Whitt proposed that there was enough unused spectrum to establish an alternative wireless network in the US, or to create a new small peer-to-peer network.
Microsoft’s Bill Gates has also urged the FCC to free up the white space spectrum in order to expand access of wireless broadband services for Wi-Fi purposes.
Source: BBC News
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