U.S. wireless development could be “constrained and America’s...
U.S. wireless development could be “constrained and America’s mobile broadband leadership put at risk” over the next 10 years if carriers don’t have access to spectrum “of sufficient quantity or quality,” says a paper posted by consulting firm Deloitte Wednesday.…
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“A decline in leadership would not only hurt the U.S. mobile industry and the U.S. mobile ecosystem, but could create a chilling effect on the broader U.S. economy, which increasingly relies on mobile services for both consumer and business use,” the paper argues (http://bit.ly/1w6TMxd). The paper says the U.S. is the world’s leader in deployment of LTE. U.S. companies also provide 96 percent of smartphone operating systems worldwide and 17 percent of smartphones. “It is clear that the mobile broadband industry is having favorable effects on America’s economy,” Deloitte said. “What is less clear is whether the United States is maintaining a leadership position in the face of global competition and how it may protect or strengthen its position for the coming decade.”