Microsoft, Adaptrum Press FCC for White Spaces Certainty
Officials from Microsoft and TV white spaces technology company Adaptrum called the FCC about outstanding questions on the use of the white spaces for broadband. The companies met last week with aides to Chairman Ajit Pai, Office of Engineering and…
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Technology Chief Julius Knapp and others at the FCC. “We discussed the need to resolve the Channel 37 and Database Accuracy proceedings as soon as possible to provide regulatory certainty for all involved,” said a filing in docket 16-56 by ex-Commissioner Robert McDowell on a meeting that included Adaptrum CEO Haiyun Tang. They sought "regulatory certainty regarding the available spectrum for rural broadband to foster continued investment and increased participation in the Rural Airband Initiative” by Microsoft.