Google has made no secret of its desire to get into the wireless communications [1] market. With the concept of a small-capitalization spectrum auction [2] put forward by the search-engine giant, the pieces are starting to come together with Google's announcement that it has set aside $4.6 billion for the FCC auction of the 700 MHz spectrum. If Google gets spectrum, will it bring out its own Google phone [3] or act as a broker for scores or hundreds of small companies with innovative ideas? For that answer, we will have to wait.

For more on Google's $4.6 billion spectrum plans:
- read this story [4] at DailyTechRag and this Editor's Corner [5]
- see this press release [6]
- read the news story [7] at CIO-Today