What is the real payoff for Malone? He wouldn't have invested 1/2 Billion dollars in SIRI if there wasn't a huge payoff in the future. The big picture is about bandwidth and getting control of as much as possible, everything is going mobile/worldwide (WorldSpace)....etc.
Now Malone can negotiate with the big guys like AT&T (he worked for them), Apple (maybe), other Telco and Cable companies. Watch what happens when WorldSpace and Siri get going. Malone can start right away. He has such a head start nobody will be able to catch up. He will make more money, just renting out bandwidth than anything else. Deals are probably on the table already. Just my own opinion.
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