· The move for Wi-Fi to leverage White Space frequencies is a logical one as the frequencies currently occupied by Wi-Fi become increasingly congested.
· Actual development of Wi-Fi that can leverage White Space frequencies appear to be several years away. Also it will be interesting to see whether such a “Super Wi-Fi” could leverage both licensed and unlicensed frequencies through a geolocation database (in the way that Ofcom and the FCC are proposing).
· We are quite excited by Machine to Machine applications for White Space radio technologies e.g. start-ups like Neul. Such applications require very small amounts of radio frequencies which White Space could easily support.
· It will be interesting to see if there is enough White Space spectrum available in cities for more spectrum hungry applications such as Wi-Fi or whether it will become confined to the margins for applications like Machine to Machine and rural broadband.
