1) Operators have to buy (or lease, or be gifted) spectrum from the government because the government (actually we the people) owns it. 2) Operators build everything else networks with their own (actually their shareholders' and debt-holders') money.
The new Moto ROKR E8 has a very similar touchwheel idea. Might be a patent problem.
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2) Operators build everything else networks with their own (actually their shareholders' and debt-holders') money.