When the Federal Communications Commission gave the green light to "white space" devices—unlicensed wireless gadgets that can create broadband connections in prime, unused television bands—it also required these services to use a geolocation system to determine whether a specific TV frequency is in use in that location. The system will constantly update a database of all TV signals and unlicensed devices.
In November 2009, the Commission posted a "help wanted" sign for white space database administrators. Lots of companies applied. Yesterday, the agency announced the winners: Comsearch, Frequency Finder, Google, KB Enterprises LLC and LS Telcom, Key Bridge Global LLC, Neustar, Spectrum Bridge, Telcordia Technologies, and WSdb LLC.
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