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larry alder

Google's wireless-spectrum team begged board to stay in auction

Google's public stance: Shucks, it never wanted to win the FCC's airwaves auction. The company just wanted to bid the auction's reserve and thereby force the winner into opening the spectrum, Google lobbyist Richard Whitt told the New York Times. The plan almost failed. More »

10:20 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
955 views, 1 comment

lazy valleywag

Failed spectrum bid taxes Googlers' health

Google PR's party line: Even though Verizon Wireless and AT&T mostly won the FCC"s 700-Mhz spectrum auction, Google got what it wanted out of the bid by forcing the carriers to agree to "open" their new airwaves to any wireless device, including the still-mythical Googlephone. Google's latest actions speak otherwise: Google telecom lawyer Richard Whitt has moved from talking about 700 Mhz to new spectrum, formerly used by TV channels, that will become available next year. Some suspect Google's top management was always bluffing with its spectrum bid. If so, we're guessing they never let the team working on the project in on the secret. More »

2:40 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
1,395 views, 3 comments

Latest by WagCurious: It's incredibly distracting for an organization to submit a "fake" bid for a serious piece of wireless property. The impact of this mindless ego trip was felt throughout Google. What's next, have each Google employee "buy" a prom dress and then more »