IP: Wireless wars: Pentagon digs in/Cisco, Nortel fight at home/Is there room on the Net for P2P?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Wireless wars: Pentagon digs in
> The U.S. military stands between wireless carriers and the spectrum they 
> covet. In two weeks, several government agencies are scheduled to issue a 
> final report outlining new spectrum to be freed for so-called 3G wireless 
> services. However, the U.S. armed forces are occupying the center of the 
> band that's been identified by the World Radio Conference (WRC) as one to 
> be used worldwide for 3G and that's viewed by wireless carriers--such as 
> Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, Cingular and AT&T Wireless--as the 
> beachfront property on the radiomagnetic map.

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-4819739.html



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