Google Wireless?

[PoLiX]

Google is making the necessary preparations to bid for wireless spectrum in an auction be held in the U.S. in January -- but it will likely need a carrier partner to help build a network to use it, analysts said Friday.

 

The spectrum, between 698MHz and 806MHz, and collectively called the 700MHz band, is currently used for analog TV broadcasts. It is due to be freed up for other uses, such as operating mobile telecommunications networks, by 2009. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to auction off the right to use that spectrum on Jan. 24, and bidders must declare their intention to participate by Dec. 3.

Google Readies Wireless Bid

[2pac]

I heard there going to bid 4.6 billion USD for it

[Drake7707]

With the Android SDK ready and phones supporting it in the future, that wireless band could have some really nice advantages