Spectrum of Greed

The real question is, “Why not in the US?”  Some might blame the lack of US sales on the crappy network service that has plagued the iPhone lately, or suggest that at it’s very high price the market for people that want to shell out that kind of dough for a phone is saturated, but the reason isn’t so simple.  (continue reading…)

Qwest, Sprint, AT&T & Verizon made the cut - Not!

Face it, you don’t have any choice when it comes to wired or wireless connectivity.  There are only a few providers, and they march in lockstep.  Well, maybe a bunch of thugs doing a synchronized high kick would be more accurate.  CIO Insight’s November 2008 survey reports that telecom vendors got the worst reviews of any service provider group this year.  The highest of the lot, Sprint Nextel, scored 65%, with Verizon Communications scraping the bottom of the barrel at a 49% overall satisfaction rating.  Compare this to the top vendor, RSA security, who scored 82%.  Now consider this dichotomy:  If you look at the highest ranked vendors (click on link above), two smart phone providers achieved the highest ratings, while the network companies they run on ranked the lowest.  This doesn’t bode well for a country that wants to advance their connectivity compared to the rest of the world. (continue reading…)

Is this sliding under Kevin's radar too?

If I were to try to convert this to layman’s terms, the CTIA is petitioning to change cellular licensing with the FCC to more accurately reflect geographic market areas.  What they are actually requesting is re-issuance of spectrum licenses.   This looks like an attempt to get to a contract that more  accurately reflects what the incumbents would like as opposed to the original license intent of the FCC that is not being enforced.  One of the benefits of this change is protecting “incumbent” cellular licensees from interference from potential new entrants.

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