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To: Geoff Goodfellow who wrote (28567)4/21/2012 6:26:20 PM
From: pcstel of 29056
 
From your own NYT article....

"But is there really a crisis? Some scientists and engineers say the companies are playing a game that is more about protecting their businesses from competitors."




Yes, from the perspective of the established natiowide CMRS providers. There is not really a spectrum crisis. But, for regional competitors and potential future competitors. The Spectrum Crisis is real.

Companies like LEAP Wireless claim one of their risks is:

"our ability to acquire additional spectrum in the future at a reasonable cost or on a timely basis".


The four nationwide carriers claim a "spectrum crisis" to promote their ability to control domestic spectrum distribution. In 2003, the FCC removed spectrum caps allowing the major CMRS providers to hoard spectrum.

But, make no mistake about it. For companies like LEAP, METRO, etc. The spectrum crisis is real, as their future visibility to enter major markets is extremely limited due to financial power of the established CMRS providers.

The FCC attempted to circumvent the process with Lightsquared, without fully understanding the technical challenges. Falcone took an "opportunists" approach, but the FCC's treatment of Open Range and Globalstar only highlighted the amount of favorable bias the FCC was providing Lightsquared. The Express Waiver treatment really called highlighted attention to the waiver process and ultimately led to questions being asked about Lightsquared political ties which led to its undoing.

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