It could also mean there is extremely stiff competition -- economic, political, or otherwise -- from telco consumer service companies. If Google can pull of a

It could also mean there is extremely stiff competition -- economic, political, or otherwise -- from telco consumer service companies. If Google can pull of a broad-sweeping, workable switch from the likes of 3G/4G to local WiFi then that would be extremely impressive in every regard (social, technological, economical) and it would effectively sidestep consumer telco service companies. In order to achieve a better world of digital wireless the marriage between smartphones and telcos needs to end.