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Aug 22, 2007, 2:25 AM   by (staff)

Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the company would probably participate in the 700 MHz auction next year. Google had been hoping the FCC would mandate that companies that won the new spectrum resell access to it at a wholesale price. However the FCC did not include this provision, and only set aside one-third of the spectrum for open access to all device and software. However additional comments from Schmidt indicate the company sees providing wireless access as yet another way to allow the internet to grow and keep it open.

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BigHev

Aug 27, 2007, 8:20 AM

I'm Probably Entering The Can...

...sometime in the next hour 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
japhy

Aug 22, 2007, 4:48 PM

I dunnot why, but . . .

Reading this new bit reminded me of when Google announced that they weren't at all interested in an MVNO, and a certain commenter on here thought that they were crazy not to, what with all the "millions" of dollars to be made in the cellphone industry. 🙄

Google as a carrier is just as dumb an idea now as it was then, but I'm very very curious to see what they end up doing with the spectrum they're after here. Clearly, they're thinking out of the traditional telecom box here. . .
They are in it for the money and nothing more. They want to own it so they can sell off time to use the network.
muchdrama

Aug 22, 2007, 4:18 PM

Sounds like Google's...

...trying to come off as benevolent.

They're just trying to keep from getting screwed on price.
 
 
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