A very good and interesting read, regarding the current state of the cell phone industry, and what he feels is needed in order for innovations to come in the near future.
It is based on the current state of the US network, but it closely resembles that of Canadian cell companies.
http://mossblog.allthingsd.com/20071021/free-my-phone/
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That’s why I refer to the big cellphone carriers as the “Soviet ministries.” Like the old bureaucracies of communism, they sit athwart the market, breaking the link between the producers of goods and services and the people who use them.......They require the hardware and software makers to tailor their products to meet the carriers’ specifications, not just so they work properly on the network, but so they promote the carriers’ brands and their various add-on services.
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