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Spectrum is a sparse and valuable asset that isn't easy to acquire control of - you generally never want one company in complete control of such assets, especia
by psychotik 15y ago
Spectrum is a sparse and valuable asset that isn't easy to acquire control of - you generally never want one company in complete control of such assets, especially when it can be used for anti-competitive means. I believe having ATT control all GSM spectrum (control is loosely equivalent to 'own' here -- technically ATT doesn't 'own' it but for all practical purposes it does) would be disastrous if other wish to acquire/use spectrum for services related to what ATT offers.
- w33ble 15y agoTrue. And I'd agree that GSM is probably more valuable than CDMA as it is what most of the rest of the world uses, as has been pointed out too. Thanks for that. I wonder now if people would be equally as upset by a Verizon/Sprint merger as it would effectively reduce the CDMA ownership to one company in the same way.