Google brings ubiquitous 'white space' broadband one step closer

So-called "white space" frequencies have considerable benefits when compared to traditional Wi-Fi signals, and now Google has created an API to make the process of utilizing them easier. Companies using the Spectrum Database API will be able to search for frequencies unoccupied by TV or radio signals in specific areas of the United States, and register equipment that uses those frequencies to broadcast wireless internet. Google has pushed TV white space as a cost-effective way to bring broadband to rural areas Google has championed unlicensed TV white space (TVWS) over the last few years.

via Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/15/5106218/google-database-api-brings-white-space-broadband-closer