November 9, 2007
Schmidt: Google Will Definitely Participate In The Wireless Spectrum Auction
This article from Forbes sort of quotes Google CEO Eric Schmidt saying, for the first time, that the company would "definitely" participate in the forthcoming 700 MHZ wireless spectrum auction to be held in January. It also says that Google would open that spectrum up to anyone willing to pay for it, in defiance of the US FCC's compromise position on Google's request for open networks. Google had previously said it would potentially bid nearly $5 billion for the spectrum licenses, which the FCC has repeatedly described as "beach front property."
Filed under Search Engines by Greg Sterling
