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Did Google "Game" the 700MHz Spectrum Auction? Yep!
Republican Congressmen Fred Upton, Cliff Stearns and John Shimkus are huffing and puffing that Google hosed the government in the ballyhooed 700MHz auction, only bidding to lock in the open access rules. They're right! Google totally "gamed the system" and had no interest in winning. But that's a good thing for us. If they hadn't, there probably wouldn't have been any open access rules, and it's very likely Verizon wouldn't be promising to open up their network to practically any device and service, which should spark real mobile innovation. Hurray for screwing the government! [Bloomberg]
verizon
Verizon's $9.36 Billion 700MHz Plans: High-Speed 4G LTE Network Up and Running Before AT&T
Not that it wasn't obvious, but Verizon's 700MHz plans look a lot like AT&T's. It'll be using the spectrum as the core of their high-speed 4G LTE network. Verizon paid $9.36 billion total, including $4.7 billion for the open access C Block (apparently, it let Google sweat a bit before actually plunking down their bid). Unlike AT&T, which said you won't see commercial deployment of LTE 'til 2012, Verizon's shooting for 2010. It also countered AT&T's claims that Verizon's spectrum sucks: "The breadth of the national C-block spectrum footprint, all in a single band and with a depth of 22 MHz, provides a speed and performance advantage." We'll know soon enough, you know, in like 10 bajillion years when the networks launch. More »
10:29 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By matt buchanan
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Latest by yoshi: @Gofastmazda: Verizon's first mistake, is spending billions on a bloated all fiber, to the home, network. Don't the cable companies already offer fiber to home networks? Look how crappy Time Warner and Comcast are Their second mistake was not taking the Apple more »
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AT&T to Use 700MHz Spectrum for High-Speed 4G LTE Network
The mandatory period of silence for 700MHz auction participants is over, so AT&T is revealing what's up their sleeve for the prem-o slice of spectrum on a conference call. AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega said that it'll give them more flexibility and bandwidth to handle surging demand for mobile broadband now and later; better coverage (like in buildings, thanks to the spectrum's sweet properties); and an "easier path to 4G technology," that being LTE (which Verizon is also in on). They'll primarily be using 700MHz for their LTE network, and since it's GSM based, 4G devices will be able to work in 2G and 3G areas. More »
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Comcast and Time Warner To Launch WiMax Network, Asking Sprint to Run It?
Cable operators Comcast and Time Warner plan to gather up $1.5 billion to $2 billion in order to get their own WiMax network going, and it's said that they would turn to Sprint to run the show. Now, I don't know what part of this plan makes sense to anyone else, but A) WiMax as a wide-area network technology isn't looking as hot in practice as it did in theory, and B) Sprint doesn't seem to be capable of running its own operation, let alone someone else's multi-billion-dollar baby. One thing is for sure, this move by the cable titans shows, like Dish Network's recent acquisition of some 700MHz spectrum, that everybody wants a piece of the wireless pie, even if they don't know exactly what to do with it. [AP]
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Dish's Surprise 700MHz Win Means What?
Dish Networks, sat TV provider, has won a block of the 700MHz band in the FCC's recent auction. Given Dish's primary business is television from the heavens, one has to wonder what they're up to. At first, I thought internet, as DirecTV has. But the analysts say that the tiny corner of the band that Dish bought is actually not suitable for 2-way communication, and is better for broadcast. Maybe they're planning to pipe their channels over the airwaves. That could be useful in portables. [Yahoo]
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FCC 700MHz Auction Winners: Verizon Wins C Block
Just as we had suspected all along, Verizon has officially won the open access C block of the 700MHz spectrum. AT&T walked away with a nice-sized chunk, too—227 regional licenses that'll nicely patch up the holes not covered by the huge swath they bought from Aloha Partners last year. The 700MHz band is spectacularly suited for use as a wireless broadband network—perfect for Verizon and AT&T's upcoming 4G networks, both of which are LTE-based. For more details, check our handy-dandy 700MHz auction guide, which tells you everything you need to know. [Reuters, Thanks Yoshi]
3:44 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By matt buchanan
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Latest by eFish: All I want is MoFI from McDonalds drive-thru to place my BigMac order! more »
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Verizon Hints They've Won the 700MHz Auction
Kicking off their Open Development Conference, the first thing Verizon did was throw up a massive disclaimer about the FCC's anti-collusion rule on the 700MHz auction, which prevents them from talking about their bid. The presenter's smirk and chit-chat about the disclaimer definitely seems to imply they won at least something at the auction. Update: At the end of the ODC keynote, Verizon's CEO name-checks the 700MHz band as somewhere they saw a great potential for innovation. Safe to assume they got some piece of that action.
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700MHz Auction Ends, Rakes in $19.5 Billion for Uncle Sam
Even though we had the winner of the almighty C block pegged well over a month ago, the 700MHz spectrum auction just ended today, bringing in $19.5 billion for the feds. We'll know who officially won what in about 10 days. More »
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Analysts Say Ring the Bell, Verizon Set to Win 700MHz Auction
It's been our hunch all along that Verizon would take all in the 700MHz spectrum auction, but analysts are now confirming our suspicions from the other day: Verizon is set to win the most hotly desired slice of airwaves in the country, which can be used for anything from an entirely new mobile broadband service to boosting their current data setup. Whatever they do with it, they've gotta keep it open. [Forbes]
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Juicy 700MHz Auction Developments: Google Punked Out?
While the hot and heavy 700MHz a(u)ction is anonymously taking place behind closed doors, we do know a couple of big things have happened. That potential winning bid from Thursday was punked down by a surprise total bid of $4.74 billion. This is juicy because it indicates Google has probably been outbid—assuming it was the party that pushed the bid past the $4.6 billion open access reserve, as it had promised—most likely by Verizon, using some slightly complicated rule shuffling with the regional licenses comprising the block. More »
12:04 AM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By matt buchanan
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Latest by sardonicbastard: @Sqube: You hit the nail on the head. Google doesn't necessarily want or need to actually manage the spectrum themselves- they just want to be able to use it based on the open access rules. Why by the more »
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Potential Winning Bid in 700MHz Spectrum Auction
The fight for the 700MHz spectrum has reached a milestone: an anonymous bidder has made a $4.7 billion offer, surpassing the minimum reserve price of $4.6 billion.
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Rev Your Engines, FCC 700MHz Spectrum Auction Starts Today
Going once, going twice, sold to Verizon! Or something like that. The FCC's 700MHz spectrum auction starts today, and you can watch all of the hot bidding action right here. It's auction 73, and the page is so exciting I nearly peed my pants.Don't know what the hell we're talking about? No worries, scan our ultimate guide to the 700MHz auction and why you should care about it. [FCC]
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All Systems Go: 700MHz Auction Rules and Bidders Stamped in Stone
I know I'm a geek because I'm almost as giddy for this as I am for MacWorld: The rules and bidders (214 of 'em) for 700Mhz spectrum auction, which starts on Jan. 24, have been finalized. No surprises here—the heavies like AT&T, Verizon and Google have their shit in order and the C block fireworks look good to go. [Ars]
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Afternoon News: Boffins Galore, Spectrum Auction, Rock, Paper, Scissors and More
• Joining the other boffins we've discussed today is this Indian boffin, who invented a flying carpet by attaching a powerful motor to a thin sheet of fabric. By the way, we have not used the word "boffin" on this site since 2004. Boffin! [Wired]• The FCC announced the participants in the 700MHz spectrum auction. If I were a betting man, I'd go with the Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative FTW!!1! [TechCrunch]
• HP paid Staples $100 million to not stock competitor's ink, and made the money back by charging $8,000 for a gallon of their own ink, according to a lawsuit. The official charge: Dorkateering. [Ars]
• New Scientist claims it has the secret to winning Rock, Paper, Scissors. The battle of wits has begun! [Telegraph]
the ultimate 700mhz auction guide
The Ultimate 700MHz Auction Guide: What It Is, Who'll Win and Why You Should Care
You've probably seen the phrase "700MHz auction" bouncing around these pages quite a bit lately. Some of you know too much for your own good about this, but surely many readers are ashamed to admit you don't know what it means. It's okay, we get frazzled at times, too, so we thought we'd take a moment to explain what it means, why it matters, and what companies, at last check, were actually sitting at this FCC-run billionaire's poker table. More »
7:30 PM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Matt Buchanan
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Latest by kmonet: Being in the wireless industry for my whole career, this is the most interesting time to this point as I know everyone is aware. The thing that has stuck me is to this point, I have not been surprised. Now more »
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Verizon Hugs Google, Says Android Is Key to Open Networks
In a breaking BusinessWeek story, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam says that it will support Android, Google's new platform for phones and mobile devices, making Verizon a member of sorts in the Open Handset Alliance. While this seems to be the logical conclusion to Verizon's weeklong openness bender, McAdam claims that it was the Android platform that "facilitated" Verizon's move out of the walled garden. Welcome to the same phone swapping policy you can do on GSM networks like AT&T and TMO. Oh but you can swap on those phones without calling your operator and just switching a SIM. More »
9:32 AM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by n/a: I think there is another angle to the whole Google Android, Verizon 'open' hullabaloo. Not many people have talked about it, but here goes...With open networks we are more likely to see Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology benefit. With 'open' more »
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