AT&T, Verizon Battle Smaller Carriers Over 700MHz Roaming
So Verizon and AT&T are afraid of what?
Weren't they planing on allowing the smaller carriers to roam on their network anyway? Isn't Verizon Wireless already having smaller carriers build towers for their spectrum?
GettingSleepy said:
Weren't they planing on allowing the smaller carriers to roam on their network anyway?
You can't roam on towers you don't have matching antennas for. That's like trying to watch TV on your car...
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Go Verizon and AT&T
Yeah. Weird. I know. Anyhow, it is good to see the real world stepping in to smack the FCC in the nose. Out of bounds FCC. Know your role. Go block the T-Mobile acquisition. Stay out of data roaming.
YES!!! This T-Mobile M&A will be a disaster for innovation in our future. It won't stop it but it will slow it down a lot, that is until the FCC drags their feet long enough and after years be force to break AT&T and Verizon up. That's what will event...
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What part of "wireless data available to everyone anywhere it exists" (at a reasonable profit margin) is such a bad idea?
Let market expansion come from actual congestion surrounding the desirable product- not by forcing the little guys to make eco...
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Thank You Qualcomm
"Qualcomm says supporting the right set of bands to allow roaming between AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and the smaller carriers would be incredibly complicated and take years to develop."
For once your ineptitude is a boon.
For once your ineptitude is a boon.
Funny, they make gsm 3g phones small and thin which house for gsm bands and 4 umts bands, along with bt, wifi and gps radios and receivers and they are all quite thin. And a few even have LTE radios too.
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I love qualcomm they are a great company. i have their shares too 🙂
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Seems like an easy solution
Verizon: Class 13
AT&T: Class 17
Rurals: Class 12
Qualcomm says they can only put two classes in one chip.
Mandate two chipset options:
(12 + 13): Rural + Verizon
(12 + 17): Rural + AT&T
That way, the big boys (VZW and AT&T) have to compete on actual network build out (because they can't roam off each other), and the rural carriers can compete on local buildout + roaming partnerships.
Plus, all BigBoys handsets will work on all the rural LTE networks, so roaming revenue into the rurals would be enhanced until AT&T or VZW build up their native networks in the rural areas.
Why would that not work?
AT&T: Class 17
Rurals: Class 12
Qualcomm says they can only put two classes in one chip.
Mandate two chipset options:
(12 + 13): Rural + Verizon
(12 + 17): Rural + AT&T
That way, the big boys (VZW and AT&T) have to compete on actual network build out (because they can't roam off each other), and the rural carriers can compete on local buildout + roaming partnerships.
Plus, all BigBoys handsets will work on all the rural LTE networks, so roaming revenue into the rurals would be enhanced until AT&T or VZW build up their native networks in the rural areas.
Why would that not work?
Indeed!!!!!!! 🙂
