Computer companies, led by Microsoft, have formed the Connect Americans Now coalition and are seeking to access the so-called TV white spaces to close the rural digital divide.

Microsoft is pushing the FCC to reserve a "white space" channel in every market in the repack of TV stations following the incentive auction, and broadcasters aren't happy.

The Voices of Innovation is a group of tech companies that are rallying behind a proposal from Microsoft that the FCC reserve channels in the white spaces of the broadcast TV band for unlicensed devices could be used to promote rural broadband deployment.

The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance believes that Microsoft’s push for reversing channels in the broadcast band for unlicensed use for promoting rural broadband would “destroy” hundreds of LPTV and translator stations.

Both wireless mic and Microsoft folks are staking out claims in the shrinking TV spectrum band.

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The company is pushing for quicker adoption of rules governing the use of white spaces for wireless Internet connections.