Wireless auction yields mixed results for consumers

The completion of the 700MHz wireless spectrum auction on Thursday should bring more choice and new types of services for end users, although the results were not as rosy as some observers had hoped for. The new networks are unlikely to deliver cheaper services for users as some had hoped, however, at least not for a while. The operators will need to pay off the billions of dollars they pledged for the spectrum, in addition to the investment in the new networks. Nor did the auction result in completely new types of companies entering the wireless market, which had been another possibility when the auctions were announced. Some said they expected all along that the incumbent operators would dominate.
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* 700 MHz Aftermath: Assessing A Rather Complicated Result — But Not A Disaster As Some Maintain.
[Commentary] "I think Commissioner Adelstein gives a fair assessment when he says we won on revenue and openness and lost on diversity and competition."
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