Competition... only exists and the retal and mega corp level in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20339255 en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:23:13 EDT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:23:13 EDT Re: Competition... only exists and the retal and mega corp level http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20339471 en102 : I totally agree... that's why I was responding to the original quote about the 'absence of miniority and women' listed in the original message.... These comapnies are all owned by share holders... Even the companies (media) that would benefit from doing business with these wireless companies are also owned by share holders. The only ones that aren't, are retail agent stores. Very few have the money to 'own' the kind of business outright, and wouldn't want to anyways... they'd own the parent company - Warren Buffet style.
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Canada = Hollywood North]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20339471 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:02:06 EDT Re: Competition... only exists and the retal and mega corp level http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20339415 EPS : Why does it matter who owns the companies? (And technically speaking, aren't all major cellular companies except Alltel publicly owned, and aren't there women and minority stockholders?) Plenty of women and minorities work at Verizon, "the new" at&t, Sprint, and the rest.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20339415 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:51:25 EDT Competition... only exists and the retal and mega corp level http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20339255 en102 :
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Representative Markey noted that women-owned and minority-owned businesses also failed to benefit from the auction.

Most businesses that are not directly tied to communication and entertainment will not see any benefits,
For anyone wanting a piece of the action (minority or not) here's the one thing you need: MONEY and lots of it! Having power and influence (lobbiests) doesn't hurt either, and a business plan.
I'm sure that Oprah could open her own wireless MVNO and have a few million sign ups if she wanted.
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Canada = Hollywood North]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20339255 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:22:03 EDT