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Google Patent Imagines a Freer World for Making Mobile Calls

Imagine if, when you wanted to make a call on your cell phone, you could pick the best rate and most appropriate connection method by choosing between a group of providers bidding for your business? That would beat being locked... Full Story

Posted on September 26, 2008 3:12 PM

FCC 700MHz Auction Update

Update as of 5:10 p.m. on Friday, February 1, 2008: after 25 rounds of bidding, the FCC’s 700MHz auction has pulled in just over $18 billion.   Earlier in the day, after 24 rounds of bidding, RCR Wireless News noted... Full Story

Posted on February 1, 2008 5:15 PM

700MHz Spectrum Auction Update: D Block Floundering

As of Tuesday, the FCC had conducted 12 rounds of bidding for sections of the 700MHz spectrum, over a span of four days. But one of the blocks up for bid isn’t garnering much interest among potential buyers, Reuters reported.... Full Story

Posted on January 30, 2008 9:50 AM

700MHz Auction: Will Google Rescue Open Access?

So, with the FCC’s 700MHz spectrum auction underway, the $4.6 billion question is: will Google come to the rescue of open access or not? If the company bids more than the $4.6 billion reserve (minimum) price specified for the C... Full Story

Posted on January 24, 2008 4:53 PM

InfoWorld: 700MHz Auction Could End 'Disastrously'

700Mhz auction. Does that get your heart racing? It isn’t garnering nearly the same level of excitement as, say, Apple releasing a new product. But the FCC’s auction, set to begin tomorrow, nonetheless is setting off some chatter in the... Full Story

Posted on January 23, 2008 4:05 PM

FCC Releases Full List of 700 MHz Spectrum Auction Applicants

The envelope, please. RCR Wireless reports today that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has released a full list of companies that applied to participate in the 700 MHz wireless spectrum auction due to begin January 24, 2008. The FCC reportedly... Full Story

Posted on December 19, 2007 4:01 PM