The thinking was that cyber threats would keep proliferating for the foreseeable future, and defense companies were more likely to have the necessary clearances and market knowledge to compete in cyberwarfare than outsiders like Google or Microsoft.

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The place might feel like a Google or a Microsoft, but there's no free food here.

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Under the procedure envisioned by House Republicans, companies (like Google, Microsoft or Intel) that want to see more unlicensed spectrum would bid on that option.

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