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Tim
07-18-2007, 08:02 AM
It's fixin' to be a three-way between the titans; Google vs. Verizon and AT&T (among others). Google sure is all over this new thing called the mobile internet :embarassed:


[...]Some companies, notably Google, have asked the FCC impose open-access requirements on the spectrum, which means any device could be used over the airwaves. Skype and satellite companies DirecTV and EchoStar are among the various proponents of an open-access network.

FCC chair Kevin Martin has reportedly written a proposal, which has not yet been made public, to make most of the 700MHz spectrum open access. On Tuesday, US carrier Verizon Wireless, which is second only to AT&T in terms of market share, on Tuesday asked Martin to reconsider[....]...Full Article... (http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=B592E3C6-E5F3-4ECA-93C1-3A5A3392024A)

GijsZePa
07-18-2007, 08:18 AM
Seems to me that AT&T is shivering and shaking....they fear the competition...

Looking forward to this 'battle' of the giants..

Martin

hedgefund
07-18-2007, 08:50 AM
AT&T, Verizon, etc surely will defend this to death because as soon as they open the network the cellphone calls will be as cheap as $0.01 a min with VOIP/Skype.

All mobile carriers will become ISPs, they know this, they will defend their position with all their power.