Spectrum Scrap
5:55 PM -- Wireless spectrum is a finite resource, its a simple truth, but one that means that I suspect we'll see more battles like the current spat between AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) over the Clearwire LLC (Nasdaq: CLWR) deal and associated chunk of 2.5 GHz spectrum.
So, it is interesting to delve back in time and check out Martin Cooper's comments on spectrum back in 2002. "Spectrum is a public resource. We haven't treated it that way, but it's in the public interest to use it efficiently," Cooper, the inventor of the cellphone, told Unstrung back then. (See Martin Cooper - The Spectrum Avenger.) — Dan Jones, Site Editor, Unstrung
So, it is interesting to delve back in time and check out Martin Cooper's comments on spectrum back in 2002. "Spectrum is a public resource. We haven't treated it that way, but it's in the public interest to use it efficiently," Cooper, the inventor of the cellphone, told Unstrung back then. (See Martin Cooper - The Spectrum Avenger.) — Dan Jones, Site Editor, Unstrung
