Clearly Microsoft needs to add this piece - mobile access is a huge part of their new .Net initiative.

It will be ubiquitous and a monster opportunity.

It's hard to imagine how this is a security threat, ... They clearly don't want the competition.

It's a very good question. The whole process has definitely gotten more political over the years. The technology used in this standard is the future of wireless (local area networks). It's very important for companies involved to get their market positioning up-front and establish themselves as players as soon as possible.

There is a lot of debate right now about who will have the right approach,

to serve a fairly wide geographic area.