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Cable and satellite companies will be among the bidders at a major FCC auction, as they look to add wireless to their package of services.

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SWANsat to Turn Earth into Wi-Fi Hotspot
by swansat_kaching August 31, 2006 12:02 AM PDT
Would SWANsat buy FCC licences if they hav one already?

Imagine a series of at least three geosynchronous orbital satellites providing wireless Internet access to the entire world. That?s exactly what a project called SWANsat or Super-Wide Area Network Satellite plans to do by the year 2011. They intend to be a global broadband Internet service provider that can facilitate up to 600 million connections per satellite. All you need is a handheld mobile device to connect to the system.
Read more: HYPERLINK http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_waydes_blog/archive/2006/08/21/96546.aspx

IOSTAR, SANDIA LABS, ORBITAL. The pioneers of GPS & Teledesic ? together with directors such as 4 Star General Tony McPeak & former secretary of US Air Force (Roche) and former Branch Chief of guided missiles & CEO of Western Digital ? are coming together for intriguing development called SWANsat.

The Teledesic Chief Architect (now Presidnet of IOSTAR) recently made this presentation:
HYPERLINK http://csmarts.colorado.edu/presentationpages/34_future_of_space/page_01.htm (intro-nav page)
HYPERLINK http://csmarts.colorado.edu/presentationpages/34_future_of_space/Slide45.JPG
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Online auctions
by solisy September 29, 2006 8:15 PM PDT
How long are we going to be doing this? When will the economies of scale and online auctions in reverse be used for these things? Why people always have to pay more? http://www.oltiby.com is the correct reverse way to go.
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Google will be there says: Jean-Pierre Khoueiri of Constant Click
by www.ConstantClick.com May 4, 2008 1:53 PM PDT
These licenses are expected to generate over $15 billion in
revenues, you can bet that companies like Google are going to be
bidding on some of these.
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