Comments on: Did Google trick Verizon into spending billions for an open spectrum auction win?

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[...] 2005, one clearly recalls the much-hyped tie-up with Sun Microsystems, the intense lobbying for opening spectrum, and many other similar instances. Try as I might, I can’t stay away from blogging about [...]

By: The pressure from Google and Apple continues: Verizon goes contract free » VentureBeat

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:29:25 +0000

[...] the biggest chunk of the spectrum’s C-block, the one which was most coveted, but to many, Google seemed to be the real winner as it got what Verizon originally didn’t want: An open [...]

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By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:13:06 +0000

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By: Google sounds off on spectrum auction » VentureBeat

Google sounds off on spectrum auction » VentureBeat — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:49:15 +0000

[...] As we suggested when news about the auction results broke, Google is very happy with the outcome despite not winning a single piece of the spectrum. Why are they so happy? The company believes its actions both leading up to and during the spectrum helped the consumers and the industry as a whole. [...]

By: Verizon asks FCC for permission interrupt cable’s broadcast » VentureBeat

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:59:00 +0000

[...] Google using it against them to make sure the 700 Mhz spectrum auction produced an open spectrum (our coverage). The company also made sure to cite numerous times the buzz word the FCC loves so much: [...]

By: Google kicks off ‘white space’ race for faster Wi-Fi » VentureBeat

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:25:22 +0000

[...] settled and Google having gotten what it wanted (even in not winning) — an open spectrum (our coverage) – the company now sets its sights on a new frontier: your television’s “white [...]

By: Paulo

Paulo — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:59:10 +0000

A great observation, but not an original one.

For all the Valley types who were rooting for Google, the Teflon Kid, we’ll leave you to ponder the words of Verbal Kint: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”

Chris Williams in The Register – Thursday 25th October 2007

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/25/microsoft_facebook_comment/page2.html

By: MG Siegler

MG Siegler — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:13:33 +0000

@dean – yes, the key word in the sentence being ‘open’. Verizon clearly wanted the spectrum, I don’t know who wouldn’t, but they (at least initially) did not want to have to commit to opening it.

More details will come in the following days, but it would appear that it was Google who may have placed the minimum bid to ensure the spectrum would be open.

By: Dean Siegler

Dean Siegler — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:14:13 +0000

Verizon was hardly tricked.

They and AT&T were the two main competitors for blocks of the new frequencies that were superior to what they currently have, and would cover the entire US. Aside from their own needs (for next generation phones), they also had to bid to keep out competitors (Google or no Google).

This was a once-in-a-lifetime auction for a monopoly on a band of frequencies over a large number areas (and in the case of Verizon’s winning bid, over one large contiguous area. A license that in itself is valuable, but also allows the owner to harvest it for their own cash.

By: MG Siegler

MG Siegler — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:36:48 +0000

@Marc – Thanks for the info. I recall Verizon in that awkward stage of not committing to the OHA but saying they probably would join eventually.

By: Marc Fawzi

Marc Fawzi — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:56:31 +0000

I’d like to append to the above that Qualcomm, a provider of CDMA technology to Verizon, is a member of the Google sponsored Open Handset Alliance.

Android OS will work on CDMA phones.

Verizon just couldn’t make itself join OHA during this awkward stage in the evolution of their argument. They had their technology provider join it for now.

By: Marc Fawzi

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