Posted on 04/16/2013 1:26:29 AM PDT by grundle
Putting heat on the big players is simply the name of the regulatory game -- at least if you're the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission last week, the DOJ makes it clear that it would like to put additional heat on dominant wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
The FCC has a spectrum auction coming up for low-frequency bands. Frequencies under 1 GHz have greater propagation characteristics that allow signals to provide better coverage in rural areas and penetrate buildings more effectively. Because of this, low-frequency bands are an important part of any carrier's spectrum portfolio. Unfortunately for competition, the "two leading carriers have the vast majority of low-frequency spectrum, whereas the two other nationwide carriers have virtually none."
That's why the DOJ is advocating for the FCC to set up rules favoring Sprint and T-Mobile in the upcoming auction, since otherwise their costs to build out networks in rural areas using high-frequency spectrum would be much higher. The FCC's policies could boost competition in the industry "by preventing the leading carriers from foreclosing their rivals from access to low-frequency spectrum."
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Obayma is the most vile corrupt national leader in the history of the world
I know ome people don’t like it, but we do have antitrust laws.
I know ome people don’t like it, but we do have antitrust laws.
Obama did a damned fine job of rigging the presidential elections. There’s no reason to think he can’t do it with anything.
...but instead of being enforced, are used as a cudgle to get WHATEVER the gov't. wants. including social engineering.
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FTA - Putting heat on the big players is simply the name of the regulatory game -- at least if you're the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.
...which is eggzackly the way that the Nixon administration got Affirmative Action rolling....and with AT&T, as a matter of fact.
Yes, the Obama admin is rife with economic fascism and crony capitalism, but what would you have them do when they’re the ones selling off the massive bands of spectrum—sell them all to one or two companies and then force the companies to dismantle themselves to keep from gaining a monopolistic concentration?
T-Mobile is global and has 150 million subscribers world wide.
70% of Sprint is about to be purchased by SoftBank, a japanese company.
i’m guessing, follow the money.
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