The wireless last mile: entangled in their copper wires, phone companies may miss out on the broader broadband revolution

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Wireless networking is emerging as a relatively simple, inexpensive option for connecting homes and businesses with telecommunications providers' services. Phone companies may be forced to adopt wireless as a 'last mile' solution.

COMMUNICATION, Radio & TV communications equipment, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Local Network Microwave Equip, Industry Overview, Analysis, Economic aspects, Wireless communications, Wireless network, Wireless LANs, Cover Story, Wireless communication systems, Mobile communication systems, Wireless local area networks (Computer networks), Wireless technology, Metropolitan area networks, Industry forecasts, Wireless LAN/WAN system

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The end of spectrum scarcity

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The onset of new technologies that use radio spectrum more efficiently and cooperatively, unleashed by regulatory reforms, which may overcome the spectrum shortage, is discussed. An insight into the reasons for the past era of spectrum shortage and the impact of living in an age of spectrum abundance is also presented.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Telephone Communication, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Radio spectrum

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