Good News for Google’s Mobile Platform Efforts
Bidding for the C-block of mobile airwaves has surpassed the $4.6 billion threshhold that will require the winner to allow any legal mobile handset to use its network. This is a big win for Google who is pushing the development of a free mobile platform (Android). According to reports from Bloomberg:
Opening the network to more devices would help Mountain View, California-based Google sell more advertising on phones by expanding consumers’ access to mobile Web content. Google and Verizon Wireless are likely bidders for the C-block, Stifel Nicolaus & Co. analyst Blair Levin said today in a note.
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Filed under: Google, Mobile, Tech News | Tagged: android, Google, open handset alliance, wireless spectrum auction
