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Android Dev Phone 2 availableAndroid Dev Phone 2 availablePosted Nov 17, 2009 7:08 UTC (Tue) by Cato (subscriber, #7643)In reply to: Android Dev Phone 2 available by niner Parent article: Android Dev Phone 2 available
WiFi uses unlicensed spectrum, whereas GSM spectrum is licensed - people's ability to make emergency calls over GSM using E911 or the non-US equivalent probably takes precedence over open source. There may well be open source stacks for GSM, but at the point of delivery to the end user I suspect they would have to be closed (BSD like license, or Tivo-ized so that the end user device's GSM stack can't be changed.)
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Android Dev Phone 2 available Posted Nov 17, 2009 7:19 UTC (Tue) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
hat sounds very similar to the arguments that AT&T made about their monopoly on phones for landlines years ago.
that was eventually dealt with and the fix was to require a very small portion of the phone to be certified. I wouldn't be surprised to see a similar result eventually for this.
the question is how small the certified piece can be.
Android Dev Phone 2 available Posted Nov 17, 2009 8:14 UTC (Tue) by Cato (subscriber, #7643) [Link]
Agreed - if the regulated part can be just the bits that could DoS a GSM network or overuse licensed spectrum, then everyone should be happy. In reality, any smartphone today lets you install applications that could DoS a network using SMS or phone calls, but this is somewhat restrained by the cost of SMSs and calls.
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