FCC OKs use of white spaces to deliver broadband

November 4, 2008 By JOELLE TESSLER , AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to open up unused, unlicensed portions of the television airwaves known as "white spaces" to deliver wireless broadband service.

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