FCC Spectrum Tests Stand

FCC SPECTRUM TESTS STAND
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Contrary to reports anticipating a showdown with the FCC, computer companies won't ask the commission to repeat its tests of unlicensed wireless devices operating in the digital broadcast spectrum. Although tests concluded Microsoft's spectrum-sensing device failed to detect vacant channels, the company and its allies are confident that a second device works—and that they have demonstrated as much to an FCC eager to open up the TV band to advanced wireless devices. Despite the test results, The White Spaces Coalition -- a consortium of Microsoft, Google, Dell, HP, Intel, Earthlink and Phillips -- says it has demonstrated to staffers at the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology that its spectrum-sensing device does, indeed, work.
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