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Typically it is not the device vendors but the [[network operator]] and [[service provider]] (in Internet, these are different entities, but [[common carrier]]s in telecom are almost always both, monopolizing services that are on "their" networks, like old fashioned online services prior to the Web). | Typically it is not the device vendors but the [[network operator]] and [[service provider]] (in Internet, these are different entities, but [[common carrier]]s in telecom are almost always both, monopolizing services that are on "their" networks, like old fashioned online services prior to the Web). | ||
Device vendor [[consortia]] have typically failed to require the carriers to implement key features, such as [[PCS base station handoff]] and [[open switch]] access.Β These are supported in standards but cannot be deployed due to carrier monopoly. | |||
In general, the mobile device vendor is an ally, and the telecom common carrier is an opponent, in implementing a [[healthy buying infrastructure]].Β However, paradoxically, because they profit more from frequent turnover of new devices, the vendor is probably an opponent of [[healthy signal infrastructure]] and the longer lifecycle of more modular devices, while the carrier may actually favour it, because it simplifies and standardizes the devices that they must deal with. | In general, the mobile device vendor is an ally, and the telecom common carrier is an opponent, in implementing a [[healthy buying infrastructure]].Β However, paradoxically, because they profit more from frequent turnover of new devices, the vendor is probably an opponent of [[healthy signal infrastructure]] and the longer lifecycle of more modular devices, while the carrier may actually favour it, because it simplifies and standardizes the devices that they must deal with. | ||