More on the 700 MHz auction: Google’s $4.6 billion offer
Things are heating up for the FCC’s plans to auction off the 700 MHz spectrum. Google indicated that it will bid a minimum of $4.6 billion for the C block but only if the FCC agrees to its four open access demands. Things are heating up for the FCC’s plans to auction off the 700 MHz spectrum. Google indicated that it will bid a minimum of $4.6 billion for the C block but only if the FCC agrees to its four open access demands. One of the key demands is requiring the licensee to open the network to all service providers on a non-discriminatory basis. The goal is to ensure competition and give people a choice of service providers.
Harold Feld has a good analysis of what the Google demand may mean for the other potential bidders like AT&T and the FCC.
Harold wrote a commentary entitled The 700 MHz Auction: Open Access and Municipal Wireless Networks last May 2007 which explains how the auction will affect open access and municipal wireless networks.
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