If new protocols will allow Long Term Evolution networks to run over unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum, using licensed assisted access, there is no reason to believe that same technique could not be used by a cable operator with a huge footprint of public Wi-Fi hotspots.
Comcast is the foremost example of a firm that could leverage LTE-LAA to run most of its access operations using the already-deployed public hotspot network.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Could Cable Use LTE-LAA to Create Its Own Mobile Network?
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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