”Thousands of app developers” represented by the Association for Competitive...
"Thousands of app developers” represented by the Association for Competitive Technology supported Verizon’s proposed buy of spectrum licenses from SpectrumCo and Cox, and a Verizon swap with T-Mobile. For app developers, spectrum is key, ACT said in a filing at…
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the FCC (http://xrl.us/bngirq). “Improved mobile device resolution and increased wireless speeds will pose new challenges for app developers rooted in scarce spectrum,” they said. “For example, Apple’s iPad3 has what it calls its ‘Retina’ display with a greatly improved graphics resolution capable of delivering high definition entertainment and gaming content to consumers.” The problem is, ACT said, high-resolution apps require bigger files, many above the 50 MB threshold, after which Apple requires a file to be transferred over Wi-Fi rather than a 3G or 4G network. “The increased resolution will make it more difficult for developers of feature -- rich or graphic -- intensive apps to stay under the ... threshold,” ACT said. “Studies have shown that eliminating consumers’ ability to buy apps over 3G or LTE networks depresses sales by 40 percent. The need for this limitation could be obviated by increasing the spectrum deployed by wireless carriers.”