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3G Spectrum - Off Limits After Attacks

Posted by timothy on from the semi-public-airwaves dept.

Casey writes: "MSNBC is reporting that due to the recent attacks, potential 3G spectrum currently held by the military has been placed off-limits for the foreseeable future -- with no replacement on the table. The FCC says that it might remove the current "spectrum cap" restrictions, allowing bigger cellular companies to gobble up smaller ones just for their spectrum. Expect to see a lot of consolidation if this goes through."

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  1. Re:GPS not far behind? by funky+womble · · Score: 2, Funny
    Not much point in doing that with the amount of differential GPS systems around from when it was originally SA (dumb move that, imho: if SA had never existed, there wouldn't have been much point in anyone coming up with DGPS).

    Probably gonna screw up the 802.11 war-camelling in the Gulf area tho :)