The US wireless market is more open than at any time since its first days, at least for new entrants with deep pockets and an appetite for taunting Goliaths. The key is to think beyond traditional spectrum and licensing norms and harness a new band ‘ almost any band will do ‘ as the regulatory regime finally recognizes that flexibility on frequencies, not protection of the big two, will boost competition and broadband availability. The cablecos are getting increasingly aggressive with Wi-Fi in order to minimize their reliance on cellular spectrum and carriers (see separate item); and the satellite firms are the other active disruptors. Globalstar has its experiments with ‘private Wi-Fi’ ‘ running Wi-Fi compatible TLPS (terrestrial low power…