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Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T were big winners in the U.S. government's auction of wireless licenses that raised a record $19.59 billion, the Federal Communication Commission said on Thursday.Verizon Wireless, a joint venture with Vodafone Group Plc, won the nationwide "C" block of the auction, giving it control of a major piece of the airwaves being vacated by television broadcasters as they move to digital signals in early 2009.
The FCC also said that AT&T had won 227 licenses from among the "B" block of regional licenses.
Verizon and AT&T Are Big Winners In Airwaves Auction [uk.reuters.com]
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Hmmmm. They are getting out of the device biz and showing little real interest in the content biz, both, while going after more capacity to serve the consumer.
This is a good thing for the Internet and those who call themselves webmasters.
Verizon Wireless, a joint venture with Vodafone Group Plc, won the nationwide "C" block of the auction, giving it control of a major piece of the airwaves being vacated by television broadcasters as they move to digital signals in early 2009.
Does that mean the TV will now pick up cell phone calls?
how come I did not come up with the idea and patent selling waves in the air?
bingo
and one would think that in a "free country" air is a basic human right. and a FREE AIR would be a right. and one could use their own transmitters and jammers because it is their ESSENTIAL RIGHT. Yet apparently some self-proclaimed "authority" calls themselves "government" and feels they can "regulate" these things.
19.5 billion is nothing if you buy a monopoly and can charge people whatever.
I wonder if a class action is possible against these folks for air pollution.
imagine if anyone could broadcast any signal, at any power, anywhere, at any or all frequencies...
democracy
