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Airwaves Sale to Break Open Cell Phone Biz

New access could loosen grip of telecom giants

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 11, 2007 4:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – An auction of government-owned frequencies could break open the cell phone industry and loosen the grip of giant telecom carriers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FCC is likely to set aside a band of radio-spectrum frequencies for an open network free of restraints imposed...   Read full story »

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