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Microsoft Asks FCC to Act on TV White Spaces Rules

Microsoft representatives encouraged the FCC to resolve various petitions for reconsideration on the TV white spaces (TVWS), in a meeting last week with Julius Knapp, chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology, and other OET officials. Microsoft also raised…

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other white spaces issues, said a filing in docket 16-56: “Specifically, we discussed the need to maintain the WMTS [wireless medical telemetry service] exclusion zones in Channel 37 and to replace the push notification requirement with fast-polling channels. We also thanked OET for its approval of Microsoft’s amended experimental license for the use of TVWS on school buses in Michigan.” OET amended Microsoft’s license last week (see 1804020040).