One of the biggest casualties from a pending spectrum crunch...
One of the biggest casualties from a pending spectrum crunch could be the loss of applications “that aren’t quite practical yet, but which may be if capacity grows,” said Richard Bennett, senior research fellow at the Information Technology and Innovation…
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Foundation, in a blog post. “In the mobile space, the near horizon is occupied by apps such as Mobile Augmented Reality that allow mobile users to interact with cloud services through video streams, location, and social networks,” he said (http://xrl.us/bm4yjo). “MAR isn’t just spectrum-hungry, it’s also very resource-intensive on the processing and storage side, and revenue models need to be developed to pay for all those resources, of course.” Those trying to use advanced mobile apps have experienced the spectrum crunch since 2007, Bennett wrote. “The crunch was especially severe in San Francisco, where it’s hard for carriers to get zoning approval for new towers, and this has led to some high-profile breakups on the part of SF bloggers and their phones.” Bennett testified last week during a House Science Subcommittee on Technology hearing on the spectrum crunch (CD April 19 p3). “If the projections made in the National Broadband Plan are correct, by this time next year smartphone users will begin to experience annoying numbers of dropped calls, slow access to web sites and app services, and we can pretty well forget about augmented reality,” he said.