The vendors want to continue and expand the lucrative capacity licensing regimes they have imposed on equipment service licensed spectrum. These regimes are contributing significant revenues to vendor revenues.

Large mobile operators support LTE-U and LAA, perversely, because vendor capacity licensing regimes hurt smaller operators more than larger operators. Larger operators have more bargaining power with vendors and thus can negotiate better licensing terms.

The lack of cooperation between the LTE-U supports and the existing WiFI industry is further evidence of malign intent.

The WiFi industry needs to lobby regulators to force independent interoperability testing before allowing LTE-U to be put into service. The LTE-U vendors are already lobbying to allow the service.

Thanks,
Russell Lundberg
[email protected]
Bangkok