Brief: Google: We’ll run a white spaces database (for free!)

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Last year, the FCC opened TV “white spaces” for use by unlicensed wireless devices, but this “WiFi on steroids” won’t be shooting up until the FCC also approves the databases that will be necessary to avoid interference. Today, Google announced that it plans to run one copy of the database itself, and it assured the FCC that it has the cash to do so for a minimum of five years. The geolocation database system will tell new white spaces devices what channels are available for use, and what power the devices can use for transmission.

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Brief: Google: We’ll run a white spaces database (for free!)

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