Nobody is a happier loser than Google when it lost the auction to win the highly coveted premium wireless spectrum to Verizon. ¾Æ¹«µµ´Â ±×°ÍÀ» ÀÒ¾î ¹ö·È¾î¿ä ¶§ ÇູÇÏ°Ô ÆÐ¹è ±¸±Ûº¸´Ù ³ôÀº ¼±¸ÁÀÇ °æ¸Å¿¡¼­ À̱â±â¿¡´Â ¹ö¶óÀÌÁð ÇÁ¸®¹Ì¾ö ¹«¼± ½ºÆåÆ®·³À»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.

The premium wireless spectrum (C block) would have cost Google $4.7 billion, inadvertently thrusting the company into the wireless business and could have sent Google¡¯s shares even lower. ÀÇ ÇÁ¸®¹Ì¾ö ¹«¼± ½ºÆåÆ®·³ (c ºí·Ï)°¡ ±¸±Û 47¾ï´Þ·¯ ºñ¿ë, ½Ç¼ö·Î »ðÀÔ¹°·ÎÀÌ È¸»çÀÇ ¹«¼± ºñÁî´Ï½º¿Í ±¸±ÛÀÇ Áֽĵµ º¸³¾ ¼ö ÀÖ¾ú ³·ÀºÇÕ´Ï´Ù.

Google promised to bid at least $4.6 billion if FCC imposed some openness condition to it. ±¸±Û 4,600,000,000´Þ·¯ °æ¿ì ÃÖ¼Ò ÀÔÂû°¡·Î ¾à¼ÓÀ» fccÀÌ ºÎ°ú Á¶°ÇÀ» ÀϺΠ°³¹æÇÕ´Ï´Ù. FCC complied so Google was forced to fulfil its promise. ±¸±ÛÀº °­Á¦·Î fcc ¾ÊÀº ±×·¡¼­ ±× ¾à¼ÓÀ» ¼ºÃëÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Google top management spent several anxious days until Verizon bid marginally higher at $4.74 billion and won the auction. ±¸±Û ÃÖ°í °æ¿µÁø °æ¹ÌÇÏ°Ô ´õ ³ôÀº ÀÔÂû°¡ ¹ö¶óÀÌÁð ÁöÃâÀ»Çϱâ Àü±îÁö ¿©·¯ ºÒ¾È ÀÏ 4,740,000,000´Þ·¯°ú ¿øÀÇ °æ¸ÅÇÕ´Ï´Ù.

Google primary goal was to trigger the openness conditions. ±¸±Û 1 Â÷ ¸ñÇ¥´Â °³¹æ Á¶°ÇÀ» ½ÇÇàÇϽʽÿÀ.
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