FCC commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker called for action in three areas: to finalize the plans for the TV spectrum bands and provide the industry direction for the future; encourage the further
development of spectrum-sensing technology; create an innovative, interactive and user-friendly database that will not only serve the TV white spaces but also other spectrum bands, including
government spectrum and NATO bands.
Baker's moves to speed up white spaces policy also got support from Capitol Hill. Two prominent U.S. senators, John Kerry, D-MA, and Olympia Snowe,
R-ME, called on the FCC to fast track policy on white space devices.
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