Innovation

In past decade, telecommunications has turned into a highly competitive industry where companies are competing to put out the best gadgetry and access to their consumers. This competition has been triggered by technological advancements, privatization, and liberalization. ^[1] Mobile communication is particular has made many transitions since 2000, mobile technology has moved from second generation (2G) to third generations (3G) and we are now seeing mobile communication make a transition to fourth generation (4G) technology. However, the transition to fourth generation and what is truly considered "4G" has been a hot topic because mobile companies use different technology for 4G. Some mobile networks use WiMAX which stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access and other networks use LTE or Long Term Evolution. However, according to the ITU or International Telecommunications Union, true 4G use the International Mobile Telecommunications Advanced standard.

With more players in the mobile industry, the competition during spectrum auctions has increased. When the United States made the transition from analog to digital television signals, the super valuable 700mhz spectrum became available. Since then, competitors have been in a tug of war to get a piece of this valuable spectrum to improve their services. In 2007, search giant, Google announced that they would be entering the mobile game with their highly popular Android operating system and plans for a mobile broadband system. ^[2] In order to get these services off the ground, Google said that they planned to bid for the "C" block of the spectrum auction which correspond to channels 54,55,and 59 of the lower 700mhz spectrum and channels 60,61,65,and 66 of the upper spectrum 700mhz which are normally used to construct nationwide broadband services. Around the time of Google's announcement, ATT and Verizon also announced their plans to enter the spectrum auction in order to purchase "C" block spectrum to launch their Uverse and Fios broadband services.

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