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Could someone explain this scenario about Google's involvement in the wireless spectrum auction?
At the time of the auction android was just vaporware but many companies were restricting the phones that they allowed on their networks so that they could control what the phones were being used for.  The big guys (AT&T, Verison, and Sprint) feared that being forced to allow phones that could do things they did not have control over would cost them money(Especially since they charged for every little feature they added). They also wanted to prevent their phones (which they subsidize to their customers in to reap long term profits) from being taken to other networks.   Goggle saw the potential for the largest chunk of bandwidth available to the telco's to be restricted to services of one company and their strangle hold over the phones and services that were allowed to use it.  They manuvered the bidding to ensure that this did not happen.  There are many who believe that Verison bought the spectrum more to prevent anyone from competeing with them than because they actually wanted to use it.  But at least they are forced to allow other parties in to compete even if it is on their playground.