Washington, D.C. (AHN) - A consortium of big tech companies, including Microsoft, Google, Dell, HP, Intel, and Phillips, would like to introduce high-speed Internet access to consumers, utilizing TV airwaves. A key device related to the project is on its way to be delivered to federal agencies Thursday - much will depend on whether or not the device will live up to its expectations.

The coalition of tech giants are lobbying the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to "allow idle TV channels, known as white space, to be used to beam the Internet into homes and offices", reports Washington Post.

However, the FCC has to discern whether the service would not "bleed outside its designated channels and interfere with existing broadcasts."

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