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.
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is not happy with Microsoft's Rural Airband Initiative.
Microsoft is set to expand its white spaces wireless internet in a Rural Broadband Initiative.
With over 4 billion people left, Microsoft has taken the call of action for accessible internet seriously with the Affordable Access Initiative Grant Fund.
Microsoft is one of a number of technology companies with initiatives to expand Internet access to underserved rural areas throughout the world. A number of technologies are being considered and utilized for such endeavors, with Microsoft's use of white space ... Read more
Over 10 million people visit the Seattle Center each year and with them comes an ever growing demand for internet availability. The newest solution to provide internet to high numbers of users is to use the “TV white space spectrum.” ... Read more
In Ghana, Spectra Wireless and Microsoft 4Afrika are using white space networks to get internet access to universities across the country. As a result, students will be able to have access to more reliable internet at a more affordable cost. ... Read more
White space is the part of the radio spectrum which has been designated to sit empty between different channels of used space. The intent of leaving empty space in the radio spectrum is to ensure that signals do not interfere with ... Read more
It's ten days until the FCC will tell us the hows and whos of white space spectrum, but Microsoft ha