GT&T

Googlecomm? GoogleTel? Google Telephone & Telegraph? GT&T?

John Paczkowski in News on November 16, 2007 at 5:59 am PT

Bad news for AT&T and any other incumbent telecom planning to participate in the 700 MHz spectrum auction in January, because it’s looking more and more like Google would rather “put up” than “shut up.” The company is preparing a bid of $4.6 billion for the open-access “C block” of the spectrum–and what’s more, it apparently intends to make the bid with its own cash and possibly some borrowed money.

Googlecomm? GoogleTel? Google Telephone & Telegraph? GT&T?

John Paczkowski in News on November 16, 2007 at 5:59 am PT

Bad news for AT&T and any other incumbent telecom planning to participate in the 700 MHz spectrum auction in January, because it’s looking more and more like Google would rather “put up” than “shut up.” The company is preparing a bid of $4.6 billion for the open-access “C block” of the spectrum–and what’s more, it apparently intends to make the bid with its own cash and possibly some borrowed money.