Bidding passes the $4.6 billion threshold
The wireless spectrum auction is reaching an interesting stage: After 18 rounds of bidding that began one week ago, bids for the “C block” of nationwide spectrum reached $4.7 billion today. This means that the FCC’s open access rules for part of the spectrum will now come into play, something Google (NSDQ: GOOG) had been pushing for.
Fellow Blogger MobHappy calls it a “Big Day for Mobile in the US” and we couldn’t agree more.
We all knew Open Access was going to come, the big question has always been; When? Now, granted, this is not going to happen overnight, but the next few years are going to very exciting in the mobile space.
And to back up this point, you need to look no further than a couple of news items today involving Garmin and Dell.
Garmin (NSDQ: GRMN) announced its entrance into the mobile phone market with the nuvifone, an all-in-one, sleek and slim, touchscreen device that combines a premium phone, mobile web-browser, and cutting-edge personal navigator.
Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), on the other hand, has not made any formal announcements but they are likely building their own mobile phone as well.
The impact to you and me, of course, is as the walls come down, consumers will have a better selection of products, lower prices and increased functionality as more and more manufacturers enter the mobile space.
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