Spectrum auction draws Verizon, Chevron, Paul Allen
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AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Google and Chevron are among the applicants for next month's 700MHz spectrum auction.
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Within weeks, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to set conditions for the auction of the most valuable wireless spectrum still available in the U.S.
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A venture led by Microsoft Corp   co-founder Paul Allen has applied to bid in an  upcoming U.S. auction of coveted wireless airwaves, according  to auction documents released late on Tuesday.
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While an auction is underway for a large chunk of wireless spectrum in the 700MHz range, the FCC approved a separate deal enabling AT&T to acquire similar wireless spectrum from another owner.
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Verizon Wireless is appealing new rules requiring some soon-to-be auctioned wireless spectrum to be open to any devices mobile customers please. Google says the move is anti-consumer.
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The high bids totaled $3.2 billion in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's auction of wireless spectrum licenses in the 700MHz band.
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TechWeb - The FCC's Advanced Wireless Services spectrum auction has concluded with 1,087 licenses auctioned off for nearly $14 billion.
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InfoWorld - The high bids totalled $3.2 billion in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission'sÂ auction of wireless spectrum licenses in the 700MHz bandÂ after three rounds and a day and a half of bidding.
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A bidder on Thursday offered $4.71  billion for a key piece of wireless airwaves being auctioned by  the U.S. government, surpassing a minimum bid requirement and  triggering a condition that the spectrum be accessible to any  device or software application.
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Verizon Wireless is buying wireless spectrum licenses covering 23 US markets from bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. for $3 billion, bolstering the cell phone company&#39;s ability to compete with the big new rival
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(InfoWorld) - Google and Intel have already expressed interest in the forthcoming 700MHz spectrum auction. Now, speculators say Apple may throw its hat into the ring. TheÂ auctionÂ is creating a bit of a frenzy because the winner will obtain some of the last available prime spectrum, ideal for delivering broadband wireless Internet access. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expects to auction it off next year. While Google has said that it may bid in the auction, Apple's participation is pure speculation, and analysts appear split on whether it makes sense for theÂ iPhoneÂ maker to become a network operator. Apple's entry into the carrier business, while interesting to speculate, is difficult to imagine since the company already has a "sweetheart deal" with AT&T, said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with Jupiter Research. In an unusual arrangement for the mobile industry, Apple is thought to receive a portion of the monthly service revenue that AT&T earns from iPhone customers. AT&T is the iPhone's exclusive carrier. Gartner analyst Van Baker finds it "highly unlikely" that Apple would be interested in buying the spectrum. "It's a very different business than they're in, and it's not something they have a whole lot of expertise in," he noted. Apple could decide to partner with another company that has more experience in the mobile operator business, which could make more sense, Baker said. Still, the arrangement between Apple and AT&T looks beneficial to both companies, so there probably isn't a significant incentive for Apple to want to change that setup, especially because the operator business comes with "lousy margins," he said. However, Apple might have at least one good reason for wanting to operate a network, said Avi Greengart, an analyst with Current Analysis. "They do like to control the end-to-end experience," he said. While becoming a mobile operator would be a "tremendous stretch" for Apple, it wouldn't surprise Greengart if Apple was considering it. An Apple network would likely be very tightly integrated with Apple products and come with very simple pricing, he said. Such a strategy could have a ripple effect across the industry. Operators tend to watch what competitors are doing and make adjustments to their own strategies accordingly, he said. Greengart and the others cautioned that they hadn't heard directly from the company or other sources that Apple was considering the auction. "But they're pretty good about being tight-lipped," Greengart said. Apple is known for being very secretive, with big announcements leaking out only days in advance, if ever. BusinessWeek first reported on the rumor that Apple might be interested in the spectrum auction.
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AT&amp;T and Verizon Wireless want to go up against other current mobile operators and some possible future competitors, including Google, in next month&#39;s&#160;auction for 700MHz wireless spectrum&#160;around the U.S.
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The auction for rights to a highly valuable swath of the nationâs airwaves will begin Thursday and is expected to include multibillion-dollar bids from the nationâs two biggest wireless phone companies.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - Google Inc said on Friday it would take part in a major auction of wireless spectrum airwaves, meeting a minimum required bid of $4.6 billion, if U.S. regulators added a sale condition that Google said would promote an open wireless market.
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A venture led by Microsoft Corp  co-founder Paul Allen has applied to bid in an upcoming U.S. auction of coveted wireless airwaves, according to auction documents released late on Tuesday.
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Frontline Wireless, a startup that had planned to bid in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission&#39;s upcoming&#160;700MHz spectrum auction, has &quot;closed for business,&quot; a spokeswoman said Wednesday.Frontline, backed by veterans of the wireless industry and U.S. government, was one of the major advocates of a plan for the FCC to pair about 10MHz of spectrum set aside for emergency response agency communications to another 10MHz to be sold in the auction starting Jan. 24. The auction winner would then be required to build a wireless network that emergency responders such as police and fire departments could share with commercial interests.Frontline had also pushed the FCC to adopt so-called&#160;open-access rules&#160;on part of the 62MHz of spectrum to be auctioned.The FCC in July largely adopted the emergency communications auction plan advocated by Frontline and other groups, and it approved an amended open-access plan on 22MHz of the spectrum. The FCC required that the winner of the 22MHz allow any wireless devices to connect to the network, meaning wireless telephone customers could bring their handset devices from other carriers. The FCC also prohibited the winning bidder on the 22MHz block of spectrum from blocking or slowing wireless and Web content from competitors.Frontline spokeswoman Mary Greczyn said Wednesday the company would have no further comment beyond saying Frontline is &quot;closed for business at this time.&quot;Up-front payments for bidding in the 700MHz auction were due Jan. 4. The up-front payment for the D block, the spectrum for emergency communications, was $128.2 million, and the payment for the 22MHz C block was $282.1 million.Frontline, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, first made a splash in early 2007, when it&#160;proposed an open-access network&#160;that emergency responders would share with commercial providers. Frontline said then it planned to offer wholesale access to the network to other wireless providers.Frontline was backed by several heavy hitters in the wireless and tech industries, as well as former senior U.S. government officials. Haynes Griffin, founding CEO and president of Vanguard Cellular Systems, served as Frontline&#39;s CEO, and Janice Obuchowski, former head of the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, served as the company&#39;s chairwoman. Reed Hundt, a former chairman of the FCC, served as Frontline&#39;s vice chairman.James Barksdale, former CEO at Netscape, and John Doerr, a partner in the Kleiner Perkins Caulfield &amp; Byers venture capital firm, were among the company&#39;s backers.
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Verizon Wireless is adding to its considerable spectrum holdings with the proposed acquisition of airwaves owned by NextWave Telecom. Under terms of the agreement, Verizon will pay US&#36;3 billion for NextWave's PCS spectrum licenses in 23 U.S. markets.