The sheer power of WiFi as a weapon for the cablecos ‘ adding wireless to their triple plays while reducing their reliance on MVNO deals ‘ is clear from the major investments being made by US providers in the CableWiFi initiative. Carrier-class WiFi has evolved quickly, from a best effort option for low cost access, to a useful offload facility for cellcos, to a technology which can be fully integrated with mobile systems. In the future, new tools will enable licensed and unlicensed spectrum and capacity to be mixed and matched, dynamically and on-demand according to the needs of individual applications and users. Who benefits from such capabilities will depend who is in control ‘ the mobile operators, which will…