Category: TV White Spaces
Spectrum Safari!
Previously I’ve written about why experts find it so hard to agree on spectrum regulation. However there is one aspect of spectrum that I haven’t touched on and that is the fact that radio waves are invisible, which turns out to be...
Dynamic Spectrum in Africa in 2014
It seems like ages ago but it was less than a year ago that Google sponsored a forum on TV White Spaces in Africa in Dakar. I wrote an article on the state of TV White Spaces in Africa based on that...
Google, Facebook, and frickin’ Laser Beams
I have such a complicated relationship with Google and Facebook that I sometimes find it hard to write about them. I don’t mean complicated in the sense of conflict of interest although it is true that one of the organisations...
Why You Should Read TV White Spaces – A Pragmatic Approach
Marco Zennaro and Ermanno Pietrosemoli of the Abdus Salaam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) have put together a great collection of essays on TV White Spaces with an emphasis on their application in emerging markets. Entitled “TV White Spaces...
GSM and Dynamic Spectrum
Adoption of Television White Spaces (TVWS) spectrum saw great progress in 2013. The Google-sponsored Cape Town TVWS trial was completed and the results were an unqualified success. TVWS trials got underway in Malawi. And Microsoft pushed ahead with pilots in...