Mobile phone operators Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile have sided against tech giants including Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. over access to "white spaces" spectrum.
Google, Philips
Electronics N.V., Intel Corp. and others have pressed the FCC to allow mobile devices to connect wirelessly to the Internet using the white spaces, even if the device provider doesn't own, or license,
the spectrum. They argue it will allow more affordable Web connections. Spring and T-Mobile disagree, saying only licensed use of such space should be allowed.
Previously, Microsoft,
Google and others pushing for unlicensed use of the white spaces had faced resistance primarily from the broadcast industry.
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