While earnings weren't spectacular, Google claimed a victory Thursday in the closely watched wireless spectrum auction.
In 2007 the FCC adopted several of Wu's proposals in its design of a wireless spectrum auction.
Verizon goes into the spectrum auction currently owning the least amount of spectrum of the three big carriers.
This follows the successful completion of the 4G mobile spectrum auction in February.
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That could be a problem, since whoever wins January's spectrum auction will need to keep their wits about them.
Its competitors are unable to offer 4G until the conclusion of a spectrum auction scheduled for early next year.
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On Friday, the gag order was finally loosened on the big winners in the Federal Communications Commission's 700 megahertz spectrum auction.
If you were planning to invite the guys over for everybody's favorite "spectrum auction night, " you might want to rethink those plans.
Google will not only bid in the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming 700-megahertz wireless spectrum auction, but it will bid big, and win.
He was not able to realize that ultimately, but, as the current spectrum auction illustrates, that issue, too, may now reach a resolution.
"The demand for spectrum has grown because people love these products, " said Genachowski, stressing the need for Congress to pass incentive spectrum auction legislation.
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After dominating the U.S. wireless spectrum auction for months, from influencing the terms of the auction to bidding, it looks like Google is off the hook.
In the U.K. a few years ago, there was a feeding frenzy at the spectrum auction and the winning bidders probably paid twice what the spectrum was worth.
Those provisions included new spectrum auction authority for the FCC that will make more spectrum available for wireless broadband use while also raising revenues to reduce the deficit.
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Instead, he has been left to sort out the Gordian Knot that is the U.K.'s 4G spectrum auction, a task even Alexander the Great's sword would have failed to achieve.
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This suggests an inefficiency in the auction design, since the same coverage ought to cost the same amount, says Paul Klemperer, an economist at Oxford University who helped design Britain's spectrum auction.
If the FCC is worried about a single carrier buying up the entirety of the spectrum in the forthcoming broadcast spectrum auction, then a simple rule forbidding such an outcome in that auction is more efficacious than a clumsy spectrum cap.
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Nonetheless, Google was able to secure the FTC's approval of its merger with DoubleClick, and the company used its deep pockets to ensure that the Federal Communications Commission set aside a swath of broadband to be used for an "open" network in its ongoing spectrum auction.
However, getting them to give up their high-priced spectrum for auction may not be that easy, as it would require another deep pocket buyer to sign a fresh deal with them.
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He says they could in theory move quickly and auction spectrum within the next year or two.
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The regulator, Ofcom, said Everything Everywhere, Hutchison 3G U.K., Telefonica U.K., Niche Spectrum Ventures and Vodafone all won spectrum in the auction for the superfast airwaves.
The value of the spectrum already purchased at auction by large and small players alike will be affected by new auctions for new portions of the spectrum.
Once the spectrum has been identified it will have to go to auction and the existing users will have to be relocated to some other portion of the spectrum with the move being paid for by the auction winners.
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It allows broadcasters to put spectrum space up for auction and share the proceeds with the government.
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Will the new spectrum be won at auction by some or all of the incumbents or by new players?
In 2010 an auction of new spectrum allowed his mobile competitors to offer 3G mobile-data services.
However, the D Block license was not awarded during the 2008 auction and the spectrum still sits idle today.
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The traditional policy of the FCC to make more wireless spectrum available has been to auction it off to the highest bidder.
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