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  • April 2008

    • Google Accused of 'Gaming' FCC Auction

      PC World  |  Apr 16, 08 3:31 PM CDT

      Google Accused of 'Gaming' FCC Auction

      (Newser) - Republican lawmakers are charging that Google manipulated an FCC bandwidth auction to get a free ride on the airwaves, PC World reports. The internet giant is accused of bidding purely to bump up the price to a level where rules trigger open access—and then walking away, leaving Verizon to win the auction. The auction of 700MHz spectrums raised less than had been expected. More »

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      Google  • FCC  • Verizon  • telecommunications  • spectrum auction  • radio spectrum  • 700 Mhz

  • January 2008

    • Big Bid Ensures Open Access Network in US

      MarketWatch  |  Jan 31, 08 10:17 PM CST

      Big Bid Ensures Open Access Network in US

      (Newser) - Google’s hopes of forcing a piece of the national radio spectrum into becoming an open access wireless network came a step closer to fruition today, Marketwatch reports. The bid price on the “C block” of 700 Mhz spectrum hit $4.7 billion, enough to trigger FCC regulations that will require the spectrum to support mobile devices not made by the network’s owner. More »

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      Google  • FCC  • wireless  • spectrum auction  • 700 Mhz

    • Google Trio Made 20-Year Partner Pact

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 31, 08 2:40 PM CST

      Google Trio Made 20-Year Partner Pact

      (Newser) - Google’s top three honchos made a pact just before their 2004 IPO to stay together at the search behemoth for at least 20 years. News of the informal agreement—which one analyst called “really very, very positive”—comes as investors fret about the company's bids in the FCC auction of the 700 MHz spectrum, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Google  • IPO  • spectrum auction  • 700 Mhz

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