Will Google Bid On The Wireless Spectrum?

Tomorrow, the FCC will vote on rules, proposed by Chairman Kevin Martin, governing the auction of the 700 MHz band of wireless spectrum. Trying its best to persuade the commission to endorse neutrality in the airwaves, similar to what many want to happen with the Internet, Google succeeded in getting at least two of its four wishes granted.

And that's not bad considering the company only spent $770,000 lobbying, compared to AT&T and Verizon's combined $35 million, if there was ever any wonder why the government seems more willing to listen to the telecoms.

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So maybe, just maybe, there's still hope that Google, or some Google coalition, will bid in the spectrum auction in early 2008 and create the "third pipe" for some real competition in the wireless sector.