[The Wall Street Journal]: The consortium formed by software giant Microsoft Corp., local telecommunications company Starhub and the government’s Institute for Infocomm Research is piloting the commercial deployment of a new wireless Internet technology that employs “white spaces” to transmit data.

[reuters.com]: In mid-August 2012 T-Mobile USA announced that U.S. communications regulators will allow them to test the impact of commercial wireless broadband on a highly sought after swatch of airwaves currently used for government operations.

[4G-PORTAL.COM]: Spectrum Bridge, Inc. announced a partnership with Carlson Wireless to expand adoption of TV White Spaces, in order to meet the growing demand for broadband coverage across rural America.

[4G-PORTAL.COM]: Shared Spectrum Company (SSC), announced that its Spectrum Sensing Toolbox (SST) is now available on the Ettus Research Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP™) platform. The Ettus USRP enables a low-cost host platform for customers wanting to develop applications or test with the SST before migrating to their own commercial system.

[4G-PORTAL.COM]: On 29th November, 2011 during Wireless Innovation Forum Conference the Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS) announced that Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) ported a complete APCO P25 waveform and Software Communications Architecture (SCA) radio system to a small form factor Android device in just one day with zero source code modifications using the ORBexpress communications software.

[4G-PORTAL.COM]: Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, on 20 October 2011 announced the successful launch of a TV White Space (TVWS) LTE TDD system trial. This innovative TVWS LTE TDD solution provided by Huawei will enable more widespread usage of TVWS spectrum and will improve spectrum efficiency.

[media.ofcom.org.uk]: 

Ofcom has decided to make White Space devices licence exempt. Devices will be allowed to operate without the need for an Ofcom licence on the condition that they do not cause harmful interference to existing users. The UK regulator expects that White Space technology could be launched in 2013.

[fiercewireless.com]: Successful partnerships between competitors are an uphill struggle unless there are clear and identifiable benefits for the involved companies. Given the sorry track record that European mobile operators have in forming alliances, the sudden flurry of co-operation announcements from across the continent provides insight into how these companies are now adapting their strategies to accommodate a changing business environment.

[4G-PORTAL.COM]: WASHINGTON–The Wireless Innovation Forum, a non-profit international industry association dedicated to driving the future of radio communications and systems worldwide, announced a new Software Defined Radio (SDR) market study, available to members only, and the public release of six previous SDR market studies and two reports.

[Kimac]: A video clip sent from one device is shown on another in just one or two seconds. This is called “Cognitive Radio” which was developed by the ETRI.