FCC spells out rules for 700 MHz auction

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) appears to have agreed to incorporate requests made by Google into it's plan to auction the 700 MHz UHF band.

From http://www.eetimes.eu/201202259
by Loring Wirbel EE Times 08/01/2007 7:23 AM

The Federal Communications Commission adopted an auction plan for the 700-MHz UHF band which appears to incorporate requests made by Google Inc.

The search engine giant asked the FCC to ensure the bands
be open to any devices, applications, services and third-party networks as conditions of the company bidding $4.6 billion for the spectrum.

The FCC ruled that licensees for Band C, which covers 710 to 716 and 740 to 746 MHz, "will be required to provide a platform that is more open to devices and applications. This would allow consumers to use the handset of their choice in
this spectrum block, subject to certain reasonable network management conditions that allow the licensee to protect the network from harm."

The FCC did not specify what it meant by "network management conditions." The Cellular Telephone Industry Association (CTIA) has cautioned that use of handsets without certification by wireless operators could cause network problems.

FCC Revises 700 MHz Rules
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/
DOC-275669A1.doc

Google mulls UHF spectrum auction bid
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2007/
google_spectrum_bid.htm