Google on Monday struck back at AT&T's request that the search engine giant "put up or shut up" regarding its requests for the upcoming 700 megahertz spectrum auction, characterizing the current structure of FCC auctions as artificially defined.
Ordinary marketplace structures are defined collectively by buyers and sellers, but an FCC spectrum auction "is a very different animal," Richard Whitt, Google's Washington telecom and media counsel, wrote in a blog post.
"Unlike most commercial transactions, participants in an FCC auction operate in an artificially defined market," Whitt wrote.
At issue is a swatch of spectrum in the 700 megahertz band that will become available once television broadcasters shift from analog to digital signals in early 2009. The FCC will soon auction off access to that spectrum, which is considered highly valuable because of its far-reaching strengths.
Google on Friday pledged to drop at least $4.6 billion on the spectrum auction provided the FCC agreed to open applications, devices, services and networks. That would basically require licensees to provide wholesale service, access to any desired devices and software applications, and interconnection with third parties.
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Ordinary marketplace structures are defined collectively by buyers and sellers, but an FCC spectrum auction "is a very different animal," Richard Whitt, Google's Washington telecom and media counsel, wrote in a blog post.
"Unlike most commercial transactions, participants in an FCC auction operate in an artificially defined market," Whitt wrote.
At issue is a swatch of spectrum in the 700 megahertz band that will become available once television broadcasters shift from analog to digital signals in early 2009. The FCC will soon auction off access to that spectrum, which is considered highly valuable because of its far-reaching strengths.
Google on Friday pledged to drop at least $4.6 billion on the spectrum auction provided the FCC agreed to open applications, devices, services and networks. That would basically require licensees to provide wholesale service, access to any desired devices and software applications, and interconnection with third parties.
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