Google set to move into telcom space, to bid for wireless spectrum

Internet giant, Google, may well control the direction of the next-generation wireless networks after it announced Friday that it would bid in the US Federal Communications Commission''s auction of 700 megahertz band wireless spectrum.

 

In case it wins, Google could build a wireless network for that spectrum on its own, or partner with others. Either way, Google would come close to controlling the Internet experience on mobile devices, and also the extent to which people would like to pay for such services.

 

The 700MHz spectrum travels far and penetrates walls, which gives it the potential to expand the Internet to a new frontier.