If I brought AP, why should I pay for the Wireless Access Provider? If I have paid for the access, why should I investigate on infrastracture myself, but not by wireless operator?
Sprint, one of the first companies to start commercial trials of the products, is offering them to consumers in Denver and Indianapolis for $50 apiece, along with an offer of lower-priced calling plans--altogether a substantial subsidy.
simply bidding to make sure some of its open access requirements are imposed on an eventual winner, which will only happen under FCC rules if the bidding for that C Block goes to at least $4.6 billion
The thought of unused or underused spectrum got the juices flowing at companies including Intel, Microsoft and Philips, who banded together to propose that they be allowed to offer unlicensed data service in so-called “white space” within and between existing broadcast frequencies—piggybacking, as it were, on the bandwidth allocated to TV broadcasters and wireless providers.