The Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve a plan (PDF) that will allow wireless devices to operate in unused “whitespaces” in the television broadcast spectrum. The whitespace plan has been backed by technology companies like Google and Microsoft as a means to enable new capabilities in wireless devices like mobile phones, media players, and cameras; however, it has been opposed by traditional broadcasters and even entertainers concerned the use of whitespace spectrum would interfere with television broadcasts and existing technologies like wireless microphones.
