7 posts and columns on 700 MHz auction

Net Neutrality and Open Access at D6: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin & Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam

in D6 on May 29, 2008 at 12:38 pm PT

Well, this should be interesting. Because of scheduling issues, Kevin Martin and Lowell McAdam will be interviewed at the same time. Will the two hit it off on issues of ‘Net neutrality, early termination fees, Open Access or none of the above?
Kevin Martin and Lowell McAdam

The 700-MHz Auction Is Decadent and Delayed

in News on March 11, 2008 at 1:02 pm PT

After nine days of nail-biting excitement, the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of the 700 MHz spectrum is beginning to wind down.” I wrote that over a month ago, and boy was I wrong. Though the FCC is clearly keen to end it, the auction continues to drag on with cellphone companies fighting it out over [...]

The 700-MHz Auction Is Decadent and Depraved

in News on February 5, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

You wouldn’t know it to look at the headlines, but Microsoft’s hostile bid for Yahoo isn’t the only big news in tech this week. The Federal Communications Commission’s 700-MHz spectrum auction took an unexpected turn yesterday when a new bidder emerged for the the highly prized “C” block spectrum, which could be used to build [...]

We Want the Airwaves, Baby …

in News on January 31, 2008 at 6:56 am PT

A bid of $4.7 billion in the Federal Communications Commission’s 700-MHz auction pushed the nationwide C block over its $4.6 billion reserve price this morning, triggering the spectrum’s open-access provision. Great news for Google, which sought the provision that requires the winning bidder to open the C block spectrum to all devices and software applications. [...]