Set Aside Blank TV Channels in Every Market for Wi-Fi, Microsoft Tells Pai
Microsoft President Brad Smith spoke with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai by phone on the importance to the company of unlicensed spectrum in the TV white spaces. The FCC should designate at least three channels in each market for Wi-Fi and…
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other unlicensed use, Smith said, according to a Tuesday filing in 15-146. “Microsoft along with its broadband and other partners are using TV white spaces to bring high-speed internet access into the homes of previously unconnected students in rural Southern Virginia,” the filing said. “This single project will serve 7,500 primary and secondary school students when the system is fully deployed." Smith also expressed Microsoft’s general support for “enforceable net neutrality rules,” the filing said.