Google to bid for U.S. airwaves if condition added
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - Google Inc  said on  Friday it would take part in a major auction of wireless  spectrum airwaves, meeting a minimum required bid of $4.6  billion, if U.S. regulators added a sale condition that Google  said would promote an open wireless market.
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The search giant said it was interested in a share of wireless spectrum being auctioned off by the federal government â if certain conditions are met.
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Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile are  expected to be the most aggressive bidders for U.S. wireless  airwaves in a January auction that analysts say could give them  added resources to expand and improve service.
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Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile are expected to be the most aggressive bidders for U.S. wireless airwaves in a January auction that analysts say could give them added resources to expand and improve service.
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The auction for rights to a highly valuable swath of the nationâs airwaves will begin Thursday and is expected to include multibillion-dollar bids from the nationâs two biggest wireless phone companies.
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Eyes Google's 'beachfront' property Google isn't the only tech giant mulling over a big-money bid for a prized portion of the US wireless spectrum. Apple's thinking much the same thing.â¦
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Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt signaled in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission that the company intends to bid  $4.6 billion for a portion of the 700 MHz spectrum band in an upcoming auction, assuming the FCC adopts rules that require open devices, applications, wholesale services and network access.
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Bidding begins on Thursday in a crucial auction of government-owned airwaves that is expected to help set the future course of the U.S. telecommunications business.
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There is growing speculation that Google is finding it harder than expected to muscle its way into the radio business.
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The Bush administration is expected to press for speedier licensing of public airwaves for auction to private companies. But telecom regulators say wireless apps need unlicensed spectrum too. By Joanna Glasner.
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Google's apparent promise to place a very high bid for a portion of the current UHF TV spectrum, if the US Federal Communications Commission follows through with a plan catalyzed by former Netscape chairman Jim Barksdale, has completely changed the game for wireless incumbents who weren't expecting stiff competition from a search engine company.
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Google is one of several nontraditional communications companies planning to bid on 700MHz wireless spectrum. But at this point it's really anyone's game.
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AT&amp;T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, the two biggest US mobile-phone companies, urged US regulators to reject Google Inc.'s proposal for the mandatory resale of some airwaves the government plans to auction by January.
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Oil comany Chevron and leading carriers AT&T, Verizon want to join the bidders, which include Google.
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AT&T Inc  said on Friday it  plans to participate in an upcoming government auction of  airwaves in the 700-Megahertz spectrum band, but it is still  deciding whether to bid for a portion of the spectrum reserved  for open access.
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Google Inc. appeared set to start trading on Nasdaq on Wednesday, after the Web's No. 1 search engine asked regulators on Monday for final approval to price its closely watched initial public offering.
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The head of the Federal  Communications Commission wants to require the winning bidder  in an upcoming auction of valuable wireless airwaves to make  them accessible to consumers using any device or software  application, an FCC source said on Tuesday.