A discussion about the Telecommunication Industry

The US cellular carrier market has become a two horse race according to many critics.  Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless dominate the cell phone carrier business.  Their positions became even stronger after they won most of the most desirable frequencies in the recent FCC spectrum auction.  However, the there may be a new entrant into the fraw.  A consortium of technology, cable, and phone companies has joined forces to build the first of a new generation of nationwide wireless data networks.  Highlighted by industry behemoths such as Intel, Google, Comcast, and Sprint the aims to build the new network in as short as two years and hopes to take Verizon and AT&T head on.  The new network is expected to have speeds rivaling that of cable broadband but with the advantage of being wireless and available anywhere across the nation.