In looking again at 2007, CNet views the smash entrance of Google and Apple onto the telecom stage as a big formative factor for 2008’s tech scene. Google in particular is going to be a huge issue in the so much-expected wireless auction. “Google used to be instrumental in getting the FCC to adopt public sale rules that may in some way provide customers more option in the gadgets they use on these new networks. And in November, Google CEO Eric Schmidt committed the corporate to bidding in the public sale, promising to spend at the least $4.6 billion on licenses. exactly what Google plans to do with the spectrum if it wins licenses continues to be unknown. however its participation raises the stakes, especially for conventional telephony gamers.”
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