white space

The association also asked the agency to adopt a “reasonable waiver standard” of simulcasting rule

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.

Rice University engineers say they demonstrated wireless data transmissions over UHF channels during active TV broadcasts.

Members on both sides of the aisle in Congress are calling on the FCC to emphasize TV white spaces as a potential resource for future broadband as the spectrum repack begins.