Comments on: Wireless Auction Heats Up In The 9th http://gigaom.com/2006/08/14/aws-9th/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/08/14/aws-9th/#comment-122232 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:45:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/aws-9th/#comment-122232 And, as of Round 16, Verizon Wireless is back and has surpassed T-Mobile as the overall top bidder . . . I know me my Verizon Wireless. No major US carrier has surprised me in a long time.

]]> By: DG Lewis http://gigaom.com/2006/08/14/aws-9th/#comment-122231 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:31:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/aws-9th/#comment-122231 Of course, as of round 13, VZW’s bidding dropped to less than half of their required activity, they lost all their provisional winning bids, and used a waiver. Which just shows that one round is too small a sample size to use for analyzing anyone’s behavior.

That said, Wireless DBS (DirecTV/Echostar) has almost dropped off the map, used proactive waivers in rounds 12 and 13, and didn’t bid at all in round 13. Any thoughts on what’s up with them? Dropping out? Out late partying last night?

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/08/14/aws-9th/#comment-122230 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:56:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/aws-9th/#comment-122230 Looks like with Round 12, Verizon decided to make a move. I’m guessing this spectrum will play a key roll in their response to Sprint’s recent “4G” announcement. Given that it is unlikely that frequency duplexed profiles are going to be big under WiMax, I’d expect the win on this one to go to Qualcomm and the Flarion technology. Perhaps, this move by Verizon is even motivated by a nervous Qualcomm whispering in their ear and planting visions of dirt cheap “802.20″ equipment.

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