What if streaming broadband television was sent out over WiFi networks using the existing signals that transmit digital TV? That's something that Microsoft is experimenting with - and it's using the UK as a proving grounds to see if wireless TV might just be "the next big thing". The experimental mobile broadband network exists in Redmond, but the experiments are centered around a UK trial in Cambridge. The trial uses a digital "white space" spectrum in the frequency range reserved for digital TV transmissions to provide mobile broadband to consumers. The idea is to have the testing observed by regulators and get permission to widen the scope to include other countries. Discuss "Microsoft Explores Super WiFi Networks for Broadband in UK" here. Read the article.
