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Whew! Google Saved by the Highest Bidder

Search giant OK with not winning FCC spectrum auction

By Laila Weir, Newser User

Posted Apr 4, 2008 1:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – Google nearly became the unenthused owner of a $4.71 billion slice of wireless airwaves in a recent Federal Communications Commission auction, the New York Times reports. Its bid was part of a deal with the FCC to open some spectrum to third-party services, but... Read full story »

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