Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
"The FCC has taken a significant step to usher in a new era of technology allowing for major investments in innovative wireless broadband, education, and government/enterprise applications to spur economic development," said Greg Brown, president and co-chief executive officer of Motorola.
"Motorola looks forward to developing products to market that will help consumers realize the full potential of the TVWS including the opportunity to make broadband access, as well as other communication services, available to millions of underserved Americans," he added.
While all five commissioners voted in favour of the move, commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate issued a statement dissenting in part with the decision.
She expressed regret that the order does not specifically state the legal responsibilities of those who provide the devices: "I wanted to ensure that our rules specify that, in the event of significant interference caused by an unlicensed device, the party responsible for this device will also be responsible for rectifying the problem and assume the cost. [Her emphasis]
Tate also wanted to see specific steps to address higher-power fixed operations in rural areas as a possible mechanism to provide broadband backhaul, and she favoured the reservation of a proportion of the white spaces for licensed use. Licensing could bring in from $US8 billion to over $US24 billion, she suggested.
On the other hand, Copps noted in his statement that "the airwaves, after all, are the people's airwaves." [His emphasis]
Now we need to get beyond the talk to the development and deployment of devices. That could take some time, but what was once white will soon be filled with the endless colour of wireless data.
David Bass
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