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Google Plans to Bid 4.6 Billion on 700MHz Band

Posted by Zonk on from the dude-you've-been-googed dept.

NickCatal writes "The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google plans to bid $4.6 Billion on the 700 MHz radio spectrum being auctioned off by the FCC. What is most interesting is that they are not planning on partnering with other companies to raise the cash, they are going to spend their own cash and possibly borrow some. With partners such as Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile in their 'Open Handset Alliance' is this a sign that they are willing to directly compete with the people they courted to join?"

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  1. Sprint Nextel by sound+vision · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sprint Nextel? When did Sprint and Nextel merge? I thought I would have heard about a big merger like that.

    Oh, maybe you meant Sprint and Nextel? No, surely not. If it were a list of three companies in the summary, they would have been separated by commas.

    And yes, grammar does matter when it harms your intelligibility.

  2. FAILZORS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    AAs until I hit my OS. Now BSDI is Charnel house. The

  3. Why, Why, Why??? by elam · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is there anyone else that thinks that Eric Schmidt really has no idea what to do next @ Google?