Google, which successfully petitioned the FCC to decree to open the "C block" of spectrum to outside devices and applications, said it had an early lock on the C block, but was eventually outbid by Verizon and took home no licenses.

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Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ), which successfully petitioned the FCC to decree to open the "C block" of spectrum to outside devices and applications, said it had an early lock on the C block, but was eventually outbid by Verizon and took home no licenses.

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