How the iPhone crippled T-Mobile

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The Justice Department is suing to prevent AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA, saying the deal would raise prices and not help customers, despite AT&T's claims it would improve service by giving it more spectrum to deploy for 4G and 3G services. I never took AT&T's arguments seriously; it sits on a lot of unused spectrum despite its cries of bandwidth poverty, and the real issue on spectrum is that it is too carved up by carrier, geography, and technology, so it can't be used flexibly in a fast-changing world. I'd unify all the spectrum and lend it to carriers -- not exclusively license it as done today -- based on actual usage and demand, which would spur meaningful innovation and price competition.

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