Google proposed a plan on Monday that may let wireless Internet devices use vacant television airwaves without interfering with current equipment.
In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, Google offered suggestions on how the airwaves, known as white spaces, could provide high-speed mobile access to consumers without disrupting televisions and wireless microphones.
Google and Microsoft are part of a group that wants the F.C.C. to unlock the airwaves for unlicensed uses, like mobile Web access, after broadcasters convert to digital signals in 2009. Google said that its proposals could help ensure that consumers anywhere would be able to use devices on those airwaves by late next year.
"Google is a strong believer in the potential of this spectrum to bring Internet access to more Americans," Richard S. Whitt, a lawyer for the company, based in Mountain View, Calif., said in a conference call. "The spectrum is way too valuable to be wasted."
Google plans to bolster revenue by creating more Internet services for mobile phones and devices. Portable technology is outselling personal computers, giving the company new spots to place online advertising. Only about 5 percent of the nation's TV white spaces are being used, Mr. Whitt said.
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