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Who won FCC 700MHz spectrum bid?
Written by Meraj Chhaya on March 21, 2008 – 7:23 pm
The bid that everyone was waiting Google to win was actually won by Verizon Wireless, who bid $4,74 Billion, against Google's $4,71 Billion. The reason everyone was making a fuss is Google's uprising in the mobile phone industry with the launch of Google Android, the possession of the 700MHz spectrum could enable Google to create their own network which would give more possibilities to their upcoming Operating System.
More than 1000 licences were auctioned, including regional ones from $17 000 to a billion dollars.
The 700MHz was previously used for analog television broadcasting, but as digital television is taking over, this spectrum is no longer needed.
The other major winner was AT&T, gaining access to 227 regional licences. We can expect many more products and services from the winners, and some of the newbies as well. Improvements on internet and other data usage is a must, and cheaper voice calls might also be in the basket.
Source: IntoMobile, Wikipedia
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Apple Lost Up to $400 Million in Revenues from Unlocked Iphones
Written by Meraj Chhaya on February 6, 2008 – 1:53 pm
Quite an astounding number, but most importantly it's the proof that you can't keep customers locked down.
The official number of devices that aren't registered with AT&T should be about 1.7 million, but we can't forget that some of them are in use in UK and some will start selling in neighboring countries. Some analysts predict the number to round 300 000 to 400 000 unlocked devices, but I pretty much believe it is well above the 1 million mark.
I was unsure how the unlocked phones would bring damage to the company, when I found out the obvious reasoning: Apple earns from the network it signs the contract with.
The number doesn't really make sense if you calculate that $300 million are lost for every 1 million iPhones unlocked. That would mean that the carrier pays $300 extra for the device, which sounds a bit unlikely.
Picture: Wired
Source: Cellular News via Textually
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