Seriously the mobile phone consumer in USA is far from the abstraction "Consumer is King". The reasons - a tightly controlled industry by the big four wireless carriers - Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. However with the upcoming auction of the 700MHz spectrum, there are proposals to spur innovation as suggested by Columbia Law School Professor Tim Wu. The proposal is to follow the steps of the Cellular Carterphone Rule to allow a safe device to attach to the wireless carrier's network to enable scenarios like "allowing the refrigerator to contact Safeway for groceries" seems a little far fetched as the big four have a history of controlling the auction results and maybe even the laws that govern them. This auction is going to be very interesting as it will see participation from Satellite TV and cable players. Wonder if Google may wanna bid for this? Low probability but one never knows looking at the rate which it is expanding today.
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soundns like something to follow, will look into when its happening and keep myself posted!
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