googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com - 1/9/2009
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Friday, January 9, 2009 at 1:58 PM Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel The FCC is taking its work on " white spaces " global. This morning FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced the "White Spaces Fellowship and Training Initiative," giving the Commission a new platform to ...
online.wsj.com - 1/13/2009
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online.wsj.com —
AMY SCHATZ and LAURA MECKLER WASHINGTON President-elect Barack
Obama intends to nominate his technology adviser Julius Genachowski...
to head the Federal Communications Commission, a source close to the Obama transition team said. Mr. Genachowksi, 46, ...
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Obama to Nominate Tech Adviser Julius Genachowski as FCC ...
avc.com - 1/13/2009
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avc.com —
Like I do every morning, I logged into
Techmeme to find this news: That's an image, sorry...
about that, here's the link to the WSJ story , but I wanted you all to see how I heard the news. This is so great on so many levels. Let's start with ...
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This News Made Me Smile A Mile Wide
phonescoop.com - 1/3/2009
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phonescoop.com —
Today new documents seen on the FCC site
revealed an unannounced phone from Samsung. The R470 is...
a dual-band CDMA clamshell with Bluetooth. Photos reveal that the R470 has a dedicated camera key, USB port, microSD slot, dual displays, ... (follow ...
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Samsung R470 Pops Up On FCC Site
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FCC Sets Up White Spaces University
Gearlog —
... "Kudos to the chairman for taking these steps to expand the promise of these airwaves to Internet users worldwide," Richard Whitt, Washington telecom and media counsel fo for Google, wrote in a blog post. "Google looks forward to supporting the FCC's new initiative as a way to help bring high-speed wireless Internet access to everyone, everywhere."
FCC, Google Going Global With White Spaces
Android Phone Fans —
... Google was the main corporate proponent of the new, open spectrum and it’s easy to see why. But now, the FCC is taking the push for White Space openness global and Google is again praising the effort saying it will help take bring the internet to everyone, everywhere. ...
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