Rural Broadband, Municipal Wi-Fi and Lots of Other Ideas Could Fill Those White Spaces

Okay, so the FCC has finally opened up the spectrum between channels for other uses. But just what might we see, and when?
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FAQ: So What’s Up With These “White Spaces,” Anyway?

Are the white spaces a gray area for you? Fret not. AllThingsD is here to help with answers to some common questions.
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Frosty’s Winter Litigation Wonderland: AT&T Demands Verizon Pull Holiday iPhone Ads [With Full Complaint]

As clever as it is, Verizon’s reimagining of a Rankin/Bass animated Christmas television special as a criticism of AT&T’s wireless network coverage did not go over well with Ma Bell. On Wednesday, the carrier amended its complaint against Verizon, asking a federal court in Atlanta to force its rival to immediately pull the ad and two other holiday-themed spots that debuted with it.
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Much Like the Visual Artist, We Telecoms View 'White Space' as 'Negative Space'–in Our Earnings.

Progress does march on, doesn’t it? The Federal Communications Commission has only just announced technical specifications for its upcoming auction of the airwaves in the 700-megahertz band, the last piece of prime real estate left in the nation’s radio-frequency spectrum, and efforts to develop the next-generation wireless technology that could supplant it are already heating [...]