Is Google Gearing Up To Take The Airwaves?
That’s what BusinessWeek concludes in a detailed article that recounts Google’s recent efforts to influence the outcome of the U.S. government auction of $10 billion in licenses to provide wireless services. The rules won’t be announced until June, but Google’s lobbying activities and its March move to join the Coalition for 4G in America (a consortium that joins Skype, Yahoo, satellite TV provider DirecTV, EchoStar, Intel and wireless services provider Access Spectrum) are bearing fruit. The coalition
Is there any clarity on why is a satellite TV service provider like Echostar is interested in pursuing the 700MHz auction? what would be their vested interest in this?
Bharath, I think you should check out Rafat's post today – just read between the lines of Google's well-meaning suggestions for a new auction model…