Microsoft wants to tap unused TV spectrum to bring internet access across India

It seems like everyone’s racing to bring internet access to offline users around the world: Facebook is working with Internet.org in Africa, and Mozilla has teamed up with the GSMA in Bangladesh and Brazil. Up next is Microsoft, with its vision to bring widespread Web access to India with an already available resource: the TV spectrum. Microsoft’s plan is to tap the unused spectrum between TV channels, known as ‘white space‘, to bring connectivity across the country. Speaking to national daily Hindustan Times, Microsoft India chairman Bhaskar Pramanik explained, “Wi-Fi has a range of only about 100 metres, whereas the...



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