Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Investor's Business Daily: Internet, Media Outfits Could Bid For Spectrum
Analysts are speculating that Internet and media companies could team up to bid for radio spectrum in order to launch wireless broadband services, as a way around the phone companies.
Rumors that nontelecom companies could bid for wireless spectrum have floated around for a few years. The new speculation focuses on large Internet content firms such as Google, Amazon.com, and eBay.
Fueling the talk is a regulatory battle — the network neutrality issue — pitting Internet firms against phone companies AT&T, Verizon Communications, and BellSouth.
Rumors that nontelecom companies could bid for wireless spectrum have floated around for a few years. The new speculation focuses on large Internet content firms such as Google, Amazon.com, and eBay.
Fueling the talk is a regulatory battle — the network neutrality issue — pitting Internet firms against phone companies AT&T, Verizon Communications, and BellSouth.
