Gerry
07-30-2007, 06:34 AM
a BIG day on July 31 as the FCC will determine how the auction of the WiFi airwaves will be done. Millions and millions of dollars pumped into the lobbying effort with Billions and Billions of future revenue the rewards.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/29/AR2007072901259.html?nav=rss_print/asection
FCC to Rule on Wireless Auction
Lobbying Intense As Google Seeks To Open Market
Currently, the major U.S. wireless carriers, including AT&T and Verizon Wireless, largely decide which Web sites, music-download services and search engines their customers can access on their cellphones. This is accomplished by wireless companies determining which cellphones will receive their services: AT&T, for example, is the only carrier available to users of Apple's iPhone.
Google wants to end that restriction and has urged the FCC to require the winner of the auction to build a network that will be open to all cellphones and services, so any consumer can have access to Google's array of offerings.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/29/AR2007072901259.html?nav=rss_print/asection
FCC to Rule on Wireless Auction
Lobbying Intense As Google Seeks To Open Market
Currently, the major U.S. wireless carriers, including AT&T and Verizon Wireless, largely decide which Web sites, music-download services and search engines their customers can access on their cellphones. This is accomplished by wireless companies determining which cellphones will receive their services: AT&T, for example, is the only carrier available to users of Apple's iPhone.
Google wants to end that restriction and has urged the FCC to require the winner of the auction to build a network that will be open to all cellphones and services, so any consumer can have access to Google's array of offerings.