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Will Google become a national wireless provider in the year 2008?
Current forecast: 10% chance 
Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 10% likely to happen (unchanged in last 1 day)
AT&T Inc., Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are among the companies expected to bid for prized radio-airwave licenses in an auction federal regulators hope will give consumers more freedom to choose what wireless services they buy and how they use them.
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Initial likelihoods: Yes: 75%
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Created Wed 30th Jan 7:56am PST by beetlespace
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Suspended Thu 28th Feb 12pm PST : Suspend date reached
Edited Sat 1st Mar 4:53am PST by 
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Edited Mon 10th Mar 2:23pm PDT by 
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Settlement requested Thu 20th Mar 4:02pm PDT by 
lucidstates: The bidding JUST ended, Google did NOT win any whatsoever. AT&T, Verizon, Frontier Wireless and Qualcomm, all won parts of the auction, the report says that Google did not win anything as its bid was considered "too low."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_bi_ge/airwaves_auction_winners;_ylt=AhHY9n8557AYQYwA_oGtW2KyBhIF
lucidstates: The bidding JUST ended, Google did NOT win any whatsoever. AT&T, Verizon, Frontier Wireless and Qualcomm, all won parts of the auction, the report says that Google did not win anything as its bid was considered "too low."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_bi_ge/airwaves_auction_winners;_ylt=AhHY9n8557AYQYwA_oGtW2KyBhIF
Settlement requested Fri 21st Mar 7:41am PDT by 
jamalpeter: I believe this question can be settled based on the outcome of the U.S.'s 700 MHZ Auction, that being Verizon becoming the winner and Google gaining NO licenses.
However, if the question is asking whether Google will acquire Clearwire or Sprint, then it may have life in it.
jamalpeter: I believe this question can be settled based on the outcome of the U.S.'s 700 MHZ Auction, that being Verizon becoming the winner and Google gaining NO licenses.
However, if the question is asking whether Google will acquire Clearwire or Sprint, then it may have life in it.
Clarified Fri 21st Mar 8:52am PDT by 
tomg: Even though Google lost the bid, this is still too early to call.
tomg: Even though Google lost the bid, this is still too early to call.
Settlement requested Mon 24th Mar 10:40am PDT by 
tarheelv: The auction for the spectrum is over and Google did not win any of their bids.
http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auction_summary&id=73
And click on view auction results
tarheelv: The auction for the spectrum is over and Google did not win any of their bids.
http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auction_summary&id=73
And click on view auction results
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