Going once, going public? FCC auction opened up airwaves, but winner Verizon decides how wide
Going once, going public? FCC auction opened up airwaves, but winner Verizon decides how wide.
WASHINGTON - With its winning $4.7 billion bid last week, Verizon Wireless didn”t just stake claim to beachfront wireless property, it also grabbed control of the guest list to the open-access party.
The government, in opening up the coveted swath of the spectrum, essentially said the winner must allow consumers to use any compatible device or software on it as long as it doesn”t harm the network.
But analysts said the open-access playground comes with restrictions and Verizon, as the winner, will be the one making the rules and setting the schedule.
‘It”s unreasonable to expect these guys to go radically changing their business models if they successfully defended the gaggle from encroachment, from the Googles and Comcasts of the world,’ said John Jackson, wireless analyst with the Yankee Group.
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