by Surur
10 months
Microsoft has been trying to convince authorities to allow it to use the spectrum between TV channels for broadband internet primarily by selling it as a social good, providing internet to disadvantaged rural communities. We poste...
by Pradeep
2 years
Ever since the Indian Government announced the ‘Digital India’ program a few years back, Microsoft has been trying to deploy their TV White Spaces program in India. TV White Spaces technology can offer cost-friendly and acce...
by Surur
2 years
The Economic Times of India reports that Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella has been in talks with State Bank of India (SBI) officials on using Microsoft’s White Space technology, which offers wide area long distance wirele...
by Surur
2 years
For many years now Microsoft has been working on providing broad band internet via so-called White Spaces. White Space are the frequency bands in between TV channels, which has been expanded recently with the demise of analogue TV...
by Anmol
3 years
During the tour of India PM to Silicon Valley, Microsoft’s boss Satya Nadella said the company is keen to bring low-cost broadband internet access to 5 lakh Indian villages. Microsoft will be the first company to take this ...
by Surur
5 years
Slashgear reports that UK wireless regular Ofcom has authorized what it calls the largest exploration of “white space” frequencies the world has ever seen by the likes of Microsoft, Google, Spectrum Bridge, and upwards of 17 o...
by surilamin
5 years
Microsoft has been a longtime advocate of unregulated spectrum and white spaces. It appears the company will now get its chance to show what it can do with them. UK regulator Ofcom has named Microsoft to test WiFi-like service...
5 years
Microsoft has launched a pilot project in the rural Limpopo province of South Africa that aims to deliver high-speed and affordable broadband to underserved communities using so-called “white spaces” technology. The focus o...
6 years
Microsoft today announced that they are partnering with the Kenyan Ministry of Information and Communications and Kenyan Internet Service Provider Indigo Telecom Ltd. to deliver low-cost, high-speed wireless broadband across Kenya...
6 years
Microsoft and Google -as well as Dell, HP, Phillips and Intel- have expressed an interest in using ‘white spaces’ in their devices in order to provide their users with the convenience of widespread broadband access. The whit...