LTE-Unlicensed Concerns Aren't Going Away, New America Official Says
Wi-Fi advocates continue to have concerns about LTE-unlicensed, said Michael Calabrese of New America’s Open Technology Institute in meetings with aides to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, in a filing posted Friday in docket 12-268. “Mobile carriers…
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have both the ability and strong incentives to use LTE-U to engage in anti-competitive behavior harmful to consumers, while for the first time being able to charge consumers for the use of unlicensed spectrum,” he said. “Carriers have powerful incentives to use LTE-U to deter mobile market entry by ‘Wi-Fi First’ providers, such as wireline ISPs.”