Admittedly I don’t have clue about this whole thing and what it really means – but I do understand a little something about the "use any device" the consumer wants. Anyway, it looks like the FCC might be interested in the millions/billions that Google has in the war chest to throw down for on the 700mhz band coming up for auction soon. Here’s to the dream of a no contract, low fee, ad supported high speed downloadin, GooFone   

In order to promote broadband competition and the development of innovative wireless services for consumers, today’s Order also makes several changes to the rules governing the commercial services portion of the 700 MHz Band. Most notably, the FCC determined that licensees for one of the spectrum blocks to be auctioned – the large, 22-megahertz Upper 700 MHz C Block – will be required to provide a platform that is more open to devices and applications. These licensees will be required to allow customers, device manufacturers, third-party application developers, and others to use any device or application of their choice on their networks in this band, subject to certain conditions. The FCC also adopted several changes to the 700 MHz band plan, the build-out requirements for licensees, and the auction procedures, as described below.

Source – FCC

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