Business Observations: White Space Edition November 8, 2008
Standard disclaimer: don’t take from my selections, ordering, headlines, etc. any indications of the interests or plans of my employer (if you do, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed when they don’t play out.)
Early this week, the FCC ruled on white space spectrum. That ruling has sparked plenty of discussion in the blogosphere.
- Secondary Use of spectrum ? TV White Spaces just the beginning
- Google: Money for Nothing and Your Spectrum for Free
- White Spaces Device Could Combine WiMAX and Wi-Fi
- FCC Approves TV White Space Usage
- White spaces decision will haunt the FCC
- Will white spaces equal more choices?
- Sound Off - Industry players debate white space decision
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Now playing: Charlie Peacock - My Mind Played a Trick On Me
November 9th, 2008 at 9:10 am
WiMAX has the time on the market advantage but even though LTE is years away companies like Verizon and ATT that choose LTE as their future 4G technology will do anything to keep WiMAX as invisible as possible with the existing 3G technology. For example iPhone is one of the factors that will make the existing customers very unlikely to switch to WiMAX.
— http://www.WiMAXED.com