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• Google 'still very interested' in 700MHz spectrum auction

  Published: August 3, 2007, 1:11 pm

  Tags: 700mhz, 700mhz Spectrum, 700mhzspectrum, Business, Fcc, Google, Spectrum, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction

  Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessJust in case you had any suspicion that Google may retract its interest in bidding for the 700MHz spectrum after the rules neglected to afford the winner wholesaling rights, Chris Sacca has intervened to clear things up. According to the search giant's head of special initiatives, the firm is "still very interested

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• Google still likely to bid in 700MHz spectrum auction

  Published: August 22, 2007, 10:41 am

  Tags: 700mhz, 700mhz Spectrum, 700mhzspectrum, Auction, Bid, Ceo, Google, Spectrum, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction

  Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessWe know, the 700MHz soap opera is wearing a bit on us too, but just in case you were worried that the latest FCC shakeups would deter Google from coughing up $4.6+ billion when the time was right, fret not. Reportedly, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt "told a conference of regulatory and industry leaders in Aspen that

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• Verizon files lawsuit over open-access rules in 700MHz auction

  Published: September 13, 2007, 6:33 pm

  Tags: 700mhz, Court, Fcc, Lawsuit, Legal, Spectrum, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction, Sue, Suit, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Verizonwireless

  Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessTalk about gettin' riled up. Verizon Wireless has reportedly "challenged in federal appeals court the FCC's 700 MHz open-access rules," claiming that the auction "violates the US Constitution, violates the Administrative Procedures Act, and is arbitrary, capricious, unsupported by the substantial evidence and

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• FCC delays 700MHz spectrum auction by 8 days, finalizes bidding rules

  Published: October 9, 2007, 6:40 pm

  Tags: 700mhz, Auction, Fcc, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction

  Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessBack in August, it seemed pretty certain that the 700MHz spectrum auction would go down on January 16th of next year. Now, however, the FCC has officially delayed the auction by eight days to "provide interested parties with additional time after this announcement of competitive bidding procedures to develop

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• Verizon Wireless abandons fight over 700MHz auction rules

  Published: October 25, 2007, 10:21 am

  Tags: 700mhz, Court, Fcc, Legal, Spectrum, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Verizonwireless

  Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessWorried that Verizon's complaints about the open-access rules in the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction would shake things up in a negative way? As of now, your anxiety is apparently unfounded. According to The New York Times, Verizon Wireless has "abandoned its legal challenge of the Federal Communications

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• Comcast, Time Warner not interested in 700MHz auction

  Published: December 3, 2007, 7:04 pm

  Tags: 700mhz, Comcast, Fcc, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction, Time Warner, Timewarner

  Filed under: WirelessIn what is surely a sign that the mania around the upcoming 700MHz auction is reaching absurd levels, cable operators Comcast and Time Warner Communications both issued press releases today confirming that they would not be bidding in January's auction. You might recall that both Time Warner (which is owned by Engadget's

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• Google bluffing on 700MHz bid?

  Published: December 3, 2007, 1:28 pm

  Tags: 700mhz, Fcc, Google, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction

  With the stage primed for a heavyweight fight between Verizon and Google in January's 700MHz wireless auction, there's some chatter today that Google might actually be bluffing. Bloomberg is reporting that some analysts think that Google has been simply making a lot of noise so that the FCC would enact those controversial open-access rules, but

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• Cox says it's bidding on 700MHz spectrum

  Published: December 4, 2007, 1:57 pm

  Tags: 700mhz, Cox, Cox Communications, Coxcommunications, Fcc, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction

  Filed under: WirelessLooks like being partners in a company called "SpectrumCo" just isn't what it seems -- although Comcast and Time Warner Communications have already dropped out of the 700MHz auction running, upstart Cox Communications has announced that it's ready to bid at least the $4.6B minimum in January's auction to try and get a little

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• Who's in on the 700MHz auction?

  Published: December 5, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: 700mhz, Att, Cox, Fcc, Frontline, Google, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction, Verizon

  Filed under: WirelessFeel free to shout it out in the comments, we know y'all are gunning for a piece. What's that? Don't quite have enough change in the couch to hit the $4.6 billion minimum bid on the 700MHz C block? How lame. Lucky for us, there are quite a few companies out there that do have that kind of cash earmarked for this and other

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• FCC's full list of 700MHz auction applicants

  Published: December 19, 2007, 2:24 pm

  Tags: 700mhz, Fcc, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction

  Filed under: Wireless We're sure you've heard most of the notables by now -- such as Google (applying as Google Airwaves Inc.), Verizon, Qualcomm, Cox, Frontline, AT&T, EchoStar and Paul Allen -- but there are a total of 1,099 various licenses available for the 62 megahertz up for grabs, and a whole lot of regional carriers are in the mix.

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• Millions of $40 TV coupons now available from the government

  Published: January 2, 2008, 6:03 pm

  Tags: America, Coupons, D Bag, Digital Transition, Digitaltransition, Government, Hipsters, Pork Barrel, Porkbarrel, Spectrum Auction, Spectrumauction

  Filed under: Industry, PVR Wire, Watercooler Talk, HardwareIf you're one of the 14.3 million households that currently gets their television via over-the-air broadcasts, you'll be without a signal come February 18, 2009. That's the date the US switches from old, boring analog to what is being called by high-ranking officials as "the new hotness"

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