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038xx | reply to phoneboy3
Re: Completed? By 2014? said by phoneboy3 :
Ultimately LTE is all about giving the consumer less control, less choice, higher cost. LTE is all about more benefits for Telcos and less for consumers! That seems an argument for why LTE will trump. To see small locally run WiMAX start-ups in rural areas would be wonderful and the best use of Fed stimulus funds. But the big boys would work to trounce, they already have the customer base via voice, and commercial funding for start-ups is hard to come by ATM.
These are the dynamics which make others fall on the LTE side. BTW, you mention license fees. Who owns LTE technology and are the fees scaled to bulk? Would be interesting to know if there is any telco interest on the receiver end of fee income - even if it's merely large chunks of stock investment.
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