By Molly Peterson
Bloomberg News
Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and four other
technology companies plan to submit a prototype of a new handheld
device to U.S. regulators for testing, as they press the government to
free up airwaves for wireless Internet access.
Microsoft is developing the prototype, which the coalition will submit to the Federal Communications Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology, according to a Feb. 5 letter the companies filed with the FCC.
The device would "provide consumer broadband access and networking," the filing said.
The commission is considering whether to let companies offer wireless Internet access on handheld devices that would use vacant television airwaves, known as white spaces.
Full story at:
seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/303204_msftgoogle10.html
(Lead for this story from Peter Radizeski posting to the WISPA mailing list.)
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