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Google is part of a coalition of technology companies that has been lobbying the FCC to allow unlicensed use of white-space spectrum. The group also includes Microsoft Corp, Dell Inc, Intel Corp, Hewlett-Packard Co and the north American unit of Philips Electronics.Top Story: Google's Larry Page Makes White Space Wi-Fi Case

TV analog broadcasters are expected to vacate white space airwaves in February 2009 to switch to digital signals.

Proponents of the mew class of Wi-Fi devices say the airwaves could eventually offer data transmission speeds of billions of bits per second -- far faster than the millions of bits per second available on most current broadband networks. Consumers could watch movies on wireless devices and do other things that are currently difficult on slower networks. Page's remarks were immediately disputed by the National Association of Broadcasters.