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Wireless Spectrum Winners Are Revealed; Google Bids But Verizon Wins

Mar 20, 2008 2:19 PM

The FCC finally unveiled the winners of the federal spectrum auction that closed earlier this week and raised a record-breaking $19.6 billion. The FCC said Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) was one of the biggest winners, paying $4.7 billion for the C-block, which will require Verizon to build a network that…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Companies, AT&T, Google, Verizon, 700 mhz

700 MHz: Google Could Still Bid To Win; Bid To Lose More Likely: Analyst

Jan 18, 2008 12:46 PM

The conventional view is that Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) participation in the upcoming 700 MHz auction isn’t actually about acquiring spectrum, but about advancing its vision of open wireless networks. With the FCC’s rules regarding this and Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) adoption of the open access mantra, the company has already been…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Mobile, Companies, Google, 700 mhz

@ CES: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin: We Listened On Open Access

Jan 8, 2008 2:21 PM

The 700 MHz spectrum license auction, which begins later this month, was a big topic in the chat between FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and CEA president and CEO Gary Shapiro this morning at CES. Martin said that the DTV transition in February 2009 is “hard date,” and opening up the…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, FCC, 700 mhz, gary shapiro, kevin martin

The Players In The 700 MHz Auction

Dec 5, 2007 8:39 AM

It will be a while before the list of official bidders in the 700 MHz spectrum auction in the US are announced, but there are some statements out already. What is known:—Frontline will bid, which is hardly surprising since that was the whole reason the company was formed. (Wired)—AT&T (NYSE:…

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Posted In: Companies, AT&T, Comcast, Google, Verizon, 700 mhz, cox communications, frontline

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