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Well...here is my thought to your question...you are looking at the
difference between European thought and American thought. The article says
the EU agreement, "...averted costly competition..." That aversion saved
the corporations money, but cost the people who use the service a TON. What
is happening in Europe is that the GSM standard is starting to lag in
innovation. There is not much incentive to invest and improve the standard.
In the US it may have been more costly for the businesses to develop, but
was AWESOME for the consumer. PLUS we get a choice of what technology we
want to use. The USA has some of the best cell service for the money
because the government stayed out of the way and let businesses fight it
out. Competition between the standards is better because the standard that
will come out will cost less to the consumers (i.e. you and I). Apple's DSS
is one of SEVERAL choices that could be made for a standard. What happens
if it is NOT Apple DSS? Then we (the consumers) lose out on potentially
WONDERFUL technologies and innovation. This is why "they" don't do it with
Apple DDS nor should "they".
Joel Halfwassen
Dont know much of GSM etc, the layers, and standardisation is a good thing, however the standards are found. Dont know the US market. Maybe things could be even more unbundled. The mobile phone networks should be, should be..., just another part of the internet. VOIP etc included. Isnt there some "natural tendency" in this direction?
