The upcoming wireless auction may be drawing another high roller. BusinessWeek has reported that Apple is looking at the possibilities of a purchase.
It’s believed that this chunk of wireless spectrum is the last available for creating a mainstream broadband network. It’s believed that signals in this 700Mhz spectrum will be able to provide faster Internet access than the cellular and WiFi options available today.
One upside of Apple purchasing the spectrum would be service to iPhone owners. They would no longer have to depend on the phone company but could use a net telephony service for cheaper, more reliable service.
There are other implications for Apple and some of them aren’t so good, for instance their margins would definitely drop.
At this point it appears as if Apple won’t bite but they’re approaching the auction well informed.
Via [businessweek.com]
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I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting