Using a combination of Microsoft's Airband Initiative and Native Network technologies, the two companies will provide "hybrid, fixed wireless broadband internet access
The company says it plans to "end the broadband gap" by as early as 2022.
Microsoft Airband Initiative is expanding and is bringing broadband access to new communities in Iowa, Illinois, and South Dakota
This is the latest leg of Microsoft's Airband initiative, which is aiming to bring broadband access to 2 million unserved people in rural America by 2022.
Microsoft has announced today (August 1st) the winners of the annual Airband Grant Fund. There were four winners across five states here in the US, all of which are aiming to help bring broadband internet access to rural communities.
This is the latest win for Microsoft's Airband Initiative, which is aiming to use TV White Spaces to bring internet to 2 million people in unserved portions of rural America.
Microsoft has long been pushing for the use of TV White Space technology in order to bring broadband to those who live in rural areas across the world. In the latest win for this initiative, Microsoft is now pairing up with RADWIN.
Microsoft tweeted about their Airband Initiative Grant Fund just a couple of weeks before the trademarks went through, indicating that the company is making a significant branding push for the Airband name.