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U.S. gets Google, we get Ottawa

by Mathew on November 30, 2007 · Comments

So the worst-kept secret in the mobile-phone industry is finally out: Google has confirmed that it plans to bid for new spectrum in the 700-Mhz auction that is to be held early next year. One of the requirements of the spectrum auction is that whoever wins must allow users to download whatever applications they want [...]

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Is Google’s spectrum play hubris?

by Mathew on November 16, 2007 · Comments

There have been rumours about Google getting involved in the wireless wars in the U.S. for some time now, and the company itself has admitted many times that it is interested in expanding the number of people who use the mobile Web and in increasing the amount of competition there is in the mobile business. [...]

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