First 'white space' devices about to debut

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google, and eight other already approved companies are likely to soon be joined by Microsoft as they all take a giant leap into the great "white space" unknown. Because bandwidth for computing devices has become ever more precious as more and more computing systems have sought to go wireless, companies such as Google and Microsoft have been furiously working on systems that could access portions of the spectrum traditionally reserved for television signals. Because such bandwidth is allocated and run by the FCC however, rules must be followed, such as only using bandwidth not already allocated to someone else, most notably, television stations.

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