UNLEASHING THE OPEN MOBILE INTERNET

摘要

Ad-hoc open mobile access will meet the needs of both network neutrality and network diversity proponents without stifling competition with excessive regulation. There are encouraging signs that ILECs may eventually open up their networks to unlicensed mobile radios, although it is still prudent to enact minimally intrusive regulation to ensure development of last mile competition. While there is broad support for using cognitive radio in unlicensed spectrum and secondary markets, ILECs want additional assurances before allowing access to their licensed spectrum. This is understandable given the sizable investment that ILECs have made in their spectrum licenses and the potential for harmful interference if the handsets lack adequate controls.