At the beginning of the year, Eric Savitz, one of the most highly respected reporters in Silicon Valley, took over as our San Francisco bureau chief, building not only a core team of full-time staffers, but also a group of qualified contributors in the technology space.
There are so many more applicants than there are people selected, it makes it a special group but that doesn't mean that there aren't millions and millions of people in this world that are qualified, that have the physical qualifications and could be trained for space.
Under Ofcom's plans, a TV white space device will not be able to start transmitting until it gets clearance from a database qualified by Ofcom and listed on a dedicated Ofcom website.