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Article: Only decisive spectrum policies will save US from a return to Ma Bell.(USER)
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- RETHINK IT
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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The concept of the competitive carrier is almost a dead one in the US now. While the wireline CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) has struggled for years, and been dealt a body blow by recent FCC decisions, it seems on the surface that the wireless version is in a far stronger position.
The FCC has been far kinder to independent wireless service providers than to wireline challengers, and two key developments have put new weapons into their hands--the rise of the MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) approach and the emergence of WiMAX-style technologies that allow operators to bypass the incumbents' copper in the last mile. But the FCC's kindness has been ...