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• FCC chimes in on 'white space' device from Google, Microsoft and others: it doesn't work

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:32 pm

  Tags: Dell, Earthlink, Fcc, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Philips, White Space, White Space Coalition, Whitespace, Whitespacecoalition

  to love the promise of the White Space Coalition, which includes players like Google, Microsoft, Dell, Earthlink, HP, Intel and Philips. Those crazy kids want to bring us wireless internet over the "white space" bandwidth in between TV broadcast channels, and we say let 'em. One little problem though, FCC says the concept doesn't work. The

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• Failing Marks: Microsoft Google Dell Coalition "White Space" Prototypes Get Knocked By FCC: Device Gallery and Details

  Published: August 9, 2007, 10:23 am

  Tags: Dell, Earthlink, Failing Marks, Fcc, Gadgets, Google, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Philips, White Space, White Space Coalition, Wireless

  to create a prototype "white space" device—that is, a box capable of two-way high-bandwidth wireless communication in the frequencies now occupied by analog TV signal—you would have thought the combined muscle would ensure success. But the White Spaces Coalition has failed its first test with the FCC, with two prototypes that

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• Microsoft to dispute FCC findings on 'white space' device

  Published: August 13, 2007, 12:59 pm

  Tags: 700mhz, 700mhz Spectrum, 700mhzspectrum, Fcc, Google, Intel, Microsoft, White Space, White Space Coalition, Whitespace, Whitespacecoalition

  Microsoft (along with White Space Coalition cohorts such as Google and Intel) is claiming that the technology is sound and can work side by side with its broadcast television neighbors -- and they have proof. As you'll recall, the first round of tests apparently produced "static" on nearby channels -- leading the FCC to send the coalition

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• NAB takes on Microsoft, Google with anti-white space internet ads

  Published: September 11, 2007, 8:02 am

  Tags: 700mhz, Dell, Fcc, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Nab, Philips, White Space, White Space Coalition, Whitespace, Whitespacecoalition

  aren't looking good for the White Space Coalition, the open-airwaves internet access project backed by the two giants, as well as Dell, HP, Intel, and Philips. The once-promising tech was to transmit broadband-speed data in the "white space" between existing television signals, but pretty much failed its initial FCC testing by causing static on

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• White Spaces Coalition launches another offensive, still no tech on display

  Published: December 13, 2007, 6:33 am

  Tags: White Space, White Space Coalition, Whitespace, Whitespacecoalition, Wireless Innovation Alliance, Wirelessinnovationalliance

  enamored of the idea of white space wireless transmissions -- using gaps in the broadcast spectrum reserved for TV to transmit broadband-speed data -- but the sad reality is that despite backing from heavy hitters like Google and Microsoft, the idea's never really gotten off the ground. Fierce opposition from NAB and non-working devices

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