The following is attributed to Harold Feld, legal director of Public Knowledge:
“We are very gratified that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has started to begin testing a crucial element for the use of the “white spaces” between digital TV channels (white spaces). The Commission said that on Sept. 19 it would begin a 45-day trial of the first of nine databases that will allow new devices using the white spaces to operate without interfering with existing broadcasters.
“It’s vitally important for our economy, for innovation and for consumers that development of devices built around white spaces go forward. This trial is an important first step to a new era of communications and other technologies. We commend FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski for putting this process in motion.”
A copy of the FCC order is here.