In the face of terrorism, global warming, and economic stagnation, spectrum policy may not seem like a top presidential priority. But it ought to be. Ram Shriram, a venture capitalist who helped fund Google a decade ago, says wireless carriers are hamstringing the mobile industry. He advocates opening the airwaves — and even mounted an (unsuccessful) bid on a chunk of radio spectrum in January. What’s at stake? “The greatest wave of innovation since the PC-platform era.”
Wired: Why should the president care about spectrum?
Shriram: New mobile apps could improve and maybe even save lives. But the big wireless carriers have built walled gardens around their businesses. I’m worried that the next little garage startup won’t have access to consumers because it has to pay one of these closed telco networks to get its application deployed. If America wants to lead the world, it needs to make sure new ideas […]
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