Wireless Stakeholders Defend Against Alleged TV White Spaces Database Flaws

The National Association of Broadcasters filed an emergency motion with the Federal Communications Commission to suspend operation of the TV white spaces database because, according to the NAB, the system has “serious design flaws.” But according to the Wireless Innovation Alliance, the NAB has provided no evidence that FCC requirements are not being met or that any broadcaster has been harmed.

The Wireless Innovation Alliance argued that there has been no interference and no injured broadcasters as a result of the issues that the NAB raised. The alliance argues that the alleged erroneous records are test entries that don’t reflect any actual radio equipment. Instead, the alliance said, “this testing is designed to ensure that equipment communicates with the database as it is required to do.”