A Critical Look At ‘Open Access’ Airwaves
September 11, 2007, 8:48pm
The FCC’s proposed rules for an upcoming auction of airwaves most likely would have negative consequences for the wireless communications market, according to the cellular industry group CTIA.
The rules would require “open access” to some of the spectrum, meaning that the wireless carriers who win the rights to the airwaves would have to make them open to competing devices and software. The goal is to create more competition and another pipeline to wireless Internet access, but critics said the step is unnecessary.
Economist Robert Litan, wireless broadband provider Ed Evans, and applications developer Steve Spence discuss the issue in a CTIA podcast:
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