Online, Media Outfits Could Bid For Spectrum

The story says that analysts are speculating that online/media companies could team up to bid for radio spectrum in order to launch wireless broadband services, as a way around the phone companies….among the names are Amazon.com, eBay
Fueling the talk is the network neutrality issue, pitting Internet firms against phone companies AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth. The federal government has two big spectrum auctions in the works. One is scheduled for June and involves spectrum in the 1710-1755 and 2110-2155 MHz frequency bands (the latter has the 700 MHZ band involved as well).
It’s expected that bidding in the June and 700 MHz auctions could reach $10 billion to $15 billion.

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