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Philips is pleased that the FCC has approved the use of TV white ...

Philips is pleased that the FCC has approved the use of TV white spaces for unlicensed devices (CD Nov 5 p1) and that the agency “will move forward with rules to facilitate development of new innovative devices that will…

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provide the gateway,” a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Philips isn’t discussing product plans or timing, she said, but is “confident that our sensing technology will play an important role” for consumers in the future. Nor can CEA speculate “how soon white spaces devices will arrive in stores,” a spokeswoman said. “There are currently too many unknowns about the order,” she said. “None of the critical technical rules governing where and at what power these devices can operate were released.”