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Time to Address White Spaces Petitions, Microsoft Tells FCC

Microsoft representatives urged the FCC to address reconsideration petitions on the TV white spaces rules, meeting last week with Chief Julius Knapp and others from the Office of Engineering and Technology. “The Commission should affirm its rules on channel 37…

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and replace its current database ‘push’ notification rule with a rule establishing a fast-polling channel,” said a filing Monday in docket 16-56. “Microsoft’s White Spaces experimental licenses point the way to effective use of the band to serve rural communities.” The company is using white spaces to provide connectivity for school buses along a rural route in Michigan (see 1804020040).