No, Google Will Not Be Killing Wireless Carriers Today

From Reuters:

The possibility of a nationwide video network was raised by a $711 million slice of the 700 megahertz airwaves won by Frontier Wireless, a partner of satellite television operation DISH Network Corp. DISH declined to comment.

But No. 2 wireless provider Verizon and No. 1-ranked AT&T dominated the Federal Communications Commission auction that started January 24 and ended Tuesday after 260 round of bidding.

"It means that the two big guys just got much bigger," said Rebecca Arbogast, an analyst with Stifel Nicolaus.

Verizon and AT&T dominate airwaves auction [Reuters.com]

[#1 posted by zuzu , March 21, 2008 9:57 AM]

Verizon Wireless, a joint venture with Vodafone Group Plc, won the biggest nationwide block of spectrum, with a $4.74 billion bid that trumped $4.71 billion offered by Internet leader Google Inc, FCC officials said.

All the more reason to support Open Spectrum, cognitive radio, and Software Defined Radio (SDR). The government-business partnership will never willingly lose their iron grip on the radio broadcasting monopolies. Radio will have to be reclaimed by popularly applied technology. (c.f. P2P vs. MAFIAA)