The Industry Standard - Google will win the current C-block bidding for wireless spectrum - Comments

More reports that Google has

Garrick Hileman932530 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:17:05 -0500

More reports that Google has withdrawn:

http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2008/02/15/google-passes-on-c-block...

How can this be settled now

Bradley Baker — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:45:53 -0500

How can this be settled now while the bidders are still anonymous?

Because BW is guessing that Google didn't win?

That's rediculous.

So after it ends one can no

Crawford Del Prete — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:39:06 -0500

So after it ends one can no longer cash out?

Seems like a good enough

Bradley Baker — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:26:48 -0500

Seems like a good enough reason to me to get out of it. I don't want all of my play prediction money tied up until the FCC finally gets done.

The betting will close, but

Kevin Railsback173773 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:32:37 -0500

The betting will close, but the prediction can't be judged until the actual winners of the auction are announced. The FCC hasn't set a firm end date for the auction, so it'll keep running until only one bidder remains. You can follow the progress at:
http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auction_summary&id=73

So what happens when this

Bradley Baker — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:48:49 -0500

So what happens when this closes and we don't have the identity of the winner yet?

No, they don't want the

Jack Powers — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:09:17 -0500

No, they don't want the spectrum. They just want the Open Architecture provision to kick in above $4.6 billion.

Google will win the current C-block bidding for wireless spectrum

The Standard — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:30:00 -0500

UPDATE: BusinessWeek reports Google has dropped out of the wireless auction. The community did not believe Google would win the auction, and the community was right. --The Industry Standard

The wireless auction for the 700 MHz spectrum that started earlier this week is rumored to be fiercely competed over by Google and Verizon.

The wireless auction for the 700 MHz spectrum that started earlier this week is rumored to be fiercely competed over by Google and Verizon.