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z2007-11-16- Google Spectrum Bid Update
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Aug 12, 2008 10:29 am |
GooGle is moving close to make a bid on the Analog Tv Spectrum. It seems that the Californian colossus is preparing a bid of $4.6 billion [USD] or more for a piece of the soon-to-be-free 700MHz wireless spectrum - and what's more, they're apparently planning on making this bid on their own... According to inside sources, Android-powered handsets (GPhone) are already running on a 700MHz network (granted under a temporary FCC license) at Google headquarters.
[Don Reisinger] thinks GooGle will eventually acquire Apple Computer for the IPhone. If Google and Apple weren't so close, I honestly believe the former would have released a cell phone that could compete on the same level as the iPhone. But instead, I believe both companies are working together to obtain a stranglehold on the Cell Phone market... Instead of relying on cell phone carriers, the sixth-generation iPhone will work exclusively on Google's broadband spectrum and become the face of the new cell phone market. Beyond that, Google will have controlled enough of the mobile phone software market that cell phone manufacturers it has allied with will line up in droves just to be able to get their own phones on the new spectrum.
Nov30: they announced they will bid.
Dec05 update: [Robert X Cringley] says Apple Computer will join them.
Bill Seitz, fluxent at gmail dot com, Weblog