Why we should care about the spectrum debate

WHY WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE SPECTRUM DEBATE
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Elinor Mills]
[Commentary] We should care about spectrum management because there is a "battle for platform supremacy between two different types of devices"--mobile versus computer. The mobile platform has a centralized, monopoly legacy whereas the computer platform was born in a distributed, open environment. Internet companies like Google are battling with traditional telecom companies over requiring open access to spectrum, which would allow people to use whatever device they want on that spectrum. "As (mobile) gains in popularity...the question becomes what the dominant platform will be," said Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu. "There will be one platform to rule them all...Control of spectrum is the bottleneck" that either maintains the telecom monopoly model or brings the openness of the Internet to the wireless world.
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