*Source: News.com (
http://news.com.com/Unlock+the+cell+...tag=nefd.top)*
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Imagine a day when you can buy the newest, coolest phone you can get your hands on--and use it on any wireless carrier's network.
Right now that's almost impossible in the U.S. But if the rules for the upcoming Federal Communications Commission auction of 700MHz spectrum (
http://news.com.com/FCC+to+reveal+sp...-6178977.html), which is being vacated by analog TV, are written in a way that encourages what's being called "open access," the wireless market could evolve into a network as open and thriving with innovation as the Internet itself. The date for the auction hasn't been finalized yet, but it's expected to take place in January 2008.
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