Microsoft to expand TV white spaces Airband Initiative globally
Microsoft is expanding its Airband Initiative—an effort to bring broadband Internet access to unserved 3 million residents in the U.S.—to become a global initiative.
Microsoft is expanding its Airband Initiative—an effort to bring broadband Internet access to unserved 3 million residents in the U.S.—to become a global initiative.
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.
In a first of a kind partnership between Microsoft and a regional broadband provider, the company is teaming up with Michigan's Packerland Broadband to bring internet to 82,000 people living in rural Michigan
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.
Microsoft formed the "Connect Americans Now" advocacy group, helping advocate the FCC to remove regulations that are in the way of rural broadband initiatives.
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is not happy with Microsoft's Rural Airband Initiative.
Microsoft is pushing to provide broadband access to students in rural Virginia.
Microsoft seems to be taking a more societal approach at the CTIA commitee meeting, encouraging unlicensed TVWS for innovation.
Microsoft is looking to secure white space and Wide-Fi for the State Bank of India in hopes to improve digital banking for rural areas.
Microsoft is extending its support and Azure cloud to the use of TV white space in Kenya.