Whitespace Opening Up
Yesterday the FCC opened up a section of the wireless spectrum for independent operators/devices. What does this mean? For mobile it means that we may see wireless broadband to our mobile phones and other devices from companies/organizations other than the traditional wireless carriers.
‘So what?’ you may ask. Basically, this is another step in loosening the grip that the wireless carriers hold over the airwaves, and it potentially means that we may see cheap/free wireless internet service on our mobile devices and laptops in the near future. Think wi-fi hotspots, but ones that have a much larger radius than the local ones in your home or at Starbucks.
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