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   Anonymous Coward, Oct 14th, 2010 @ 2:07am

   
   

   Not everything that is cool in Japan and South Korea are cool in the USA.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Oct 14th, 2010 @ 2:50am

   
   

   CTIA

   CTIA ended last week, and it's more likely they got an offer from someone to buy up the spectrum.

    

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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Oct 14th, 2010 @ 2:59am

   
   

   Apropos C Northcote Parkinson

   The man who thought up “Parkinson’s Law” wrote a whole series of books on bureaucracy and management, which I devoured in my teens.
   
   One principle I remember is that someone who is always right never gets rewarded or promoted for their brilliance, simply because everybody else is jealous of the smartarse. Whereas somebody who is always wrong is very useful to have around; simply do the opposite of what they suggest. And being the sort who is always wrong, they will never realize how valuable they are, so it won’t go to their head.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Oct 14th, 2010 @ 3:34am

   
   

   Hundreds of millions is a bit of stretch, but less so than than the idea they might give it to you next time !.

    

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   ethorad (profile), Oct 14th, 2010 @ 3:45am

   
   

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   If they have hundreds of millions, they could always spend it to shut up techdirt for a few years

    

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   out_of_the_blue, Oct 14th, 2010 @ 5:36am

   
   

   Crowing again, Mike: the spectrum space is still valuable.

   Managed right, it's more valuable than before, and meanwhile the subsidiary was a tax shelter, now can go bankrupt, so I'd bet Qualcomm made out. It's actually *difficult* to lose hundreds of millions, except on paper for tax purposes. All through the 80's and 90's we heard that the airlines were losing money, yet planes kept flying.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Oct 14th, 2010 @ 6:44am

   
   

   Me too!

    

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   Hephaestus (profile), Oct 14th, 2010 @ 7:33am

   
   

   Two things

   "Qualcomm, if you're looking to throw away hundreds of millions of dollars, you can just give it to me, and I'll save you the trouble..."
   
   They should do the reason to buy thing and shut you down for a year ... :)

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Oct 14th, 2010 @ 3:17pm

   
   

   "Next time, Qualcomm, if you're looking to throw away hundreds of millions of dollars, you can just give it to me, and I'll save you the trouble..."
   
   and in return you could have stopped blogging on techdirt, like you always promised you would if someone gives you enough money.

    

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    Derek Kerton (profile), Oct 14th, 2010 @ 3:26pm

    
    

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    Your take-away from this story is incorrect. You don't understand the difference between the FLO and Japanese Model. The Japanese model could work here. People just aren't that different.
    
    The Japanese case has TV broadcasters offering up digital streams of their (already existent) free-to-air TV broadcasts. Many mobile phones are equipped with a very cheap (

     

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    Derek Kerton (profile), Oct 14th, 2010 @ 3:30pm

    
    

    Re: CTIA

    CTIA isn't really a spectrum swap! It's a trade show, and this one was focused on Enterprise apps.
    
    Qualcomm's current plan is to consider using the spectrum and broadcast equipment to cheaply upload content into mobile devices, phones, telematics (cars), etc. By doing this, carriers could avoid using their separate and expensive voice/data networks.
    
    This current idea will also fail. That's because FLO still requires a separate radio chip and antennas, and because the same value proposition could more cheaply and simply be achieved using overnight, latent cellular network capacity.

     

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    Derek Kerton (profile), Oct 14th, 2010 @ 3:34pm

    
    

    Re: Crowing again, Mike: the spectrum space is still valuable.

    What? Try deploying a cellular network, designing chips, getting them into production (you generally have to fund the consumer electronics vendors for their development). Do that, then tell me again how it's hard to lose hundreds of millions. This stuff is very expensive.
    
    The US cellular industry spent $20 Billion in Capital Expenditures from June2009-2010.
    
    Yes, the spectrum retains its value, or better.

     

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    Derek Kerton (profile), Dec 7th, 2010 @ 10:53am

    
    

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    ...TV receivers, and people can watch broadcast TV on their phone for free.
    
    Although not personalized or PVR-like, the free factor means that people use and enjoy the service.

     

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