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Google Succeeds in Push to Open Wireless Airwaves!
bloomberg.com — "Google succeeded in its push to force the winner of airwaves being sold by the U.S. government to open its network to any mobile device. One bidder offered $4.71 billion for the biggest set of airwaves being auctioned, surpassing a $4.6 billion threshold that triggered so-called open access rules."
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- casspa, on 01/31/2008, -0/+1The best is yet to come....
- mklopez, on 01/31/2008, -0/+1a submission from digitalgopher... I thought those were legends! :)
- djdavey, on 01/31/2008, -1/+1Power-grabbers. Is it always a good thing? These guys don't think so.
http://www.floort.com/?fid=123&t=Google%20has%20to ...- smackhero, on 02/01/2008, -0/+1how is pushing for open wireless spectrums a power grab? the way things are right now, all the airwaves usable for data transfer are basically held by telecoms who have a stranglehold on their access. only a limited number of devices by mobile device manufacturers with special agreements with the telecoms are allowed to use these proprietary networks, and there has been little technological development or innovation on our nation's cellular networks as a result.
forcing the airwaves to be more open, like the internet, would create an open wireless network similar to the web/internet, where anyone is free to develop their own applications on the wireless network using an open, rather than proprietary, protocol.
- smackhero, on 02/01/2008, -0/+1how is pushing for open wireless spectrums a power grab? the way things are right now, all the airwaves usable for data transfer are basically held by telecoms who have a stranglehold on their access. only a limited number of devices by mobile device manufacturers with special agreements with the telecoms are allowed to use these proprietary networks, and there has been little technological development or innovation on our nation's cellular networks as a result.
- BoneStamp, on 02/01/2008, -0/+1I hope my car can connect to it and tell me when traffic is about to get bad so I can reroute.
- NorthStateGonzo, on 02/01/2008, -1/+1Go Google.. and Fly the Good Ole' Jolly Roger!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-155255527 ... - n0c0ntr0l, on 02/01/2008, -0/+1How do we know that it was google that pushed the bid? All bids are anonymous. I really hope google win though, others will just all technology to stagnate as usual.
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