Google Ends Silence On C Block Auction

Phurge found a post on the Google Policy Blog in which they lift the cone of silence that had been imposed by regulation over the recently concluded FCC spectrum auction. As some had speculated, Google was in it mainly to force some openness into the wireless industry. "Based on the way that the bidding played out, our participation in the auction helped ensure that the C Block met the reserve price. In fact, in ten of the bidding rounds we actually raised our own bid — even though no one was bidding against us — to ensure aggressive bidding on the C Block. In turn, that helped increase the revenues raised for the US Treasury, while making sure that the openness conditions would be applied to the ultimate licensee."

Comments

Implicitly

[Rydia]

Slashdot believes whatever google says; all other corporations lying scum.

Film at 11.

Re:Implicitly

[Reality Master 201]

Google says your mom does donkey shows in Tijuana.

Wow... is there no good that Google can't do?

[strangeattraction]

Helping pay off the National Debt. What will they take credit for next?

eBay

[HaeMaker]

Don't you get banned from eBay for doing that?

Re:eBay

[morgan_greywolf]

OTOH, in government auctions you can't sniped...oh, wait ...

Re:Android phones coming this year

[Anonymous Coward]

How can you hack his mom? She's an open system!

Re:eBay Yeah, you do, but in this case,

[amRadioHed]

Is that treasury vault where the government keeps the paperwork from their debts to China?

Spin Cycle?

[ImpactedColon]

This is exactly how I sound when I lose an eBay auction that I really wanted to win. "Ha! I really didn't want that rare comic after all. I was just sticking it to those other suckers that beat me." *whimper*