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Google’s YouTube is extending its service from a handful of phones to a broader range of devices used by 100 million consumers worldwide that rely on high-speed links to stream videos to mobile screens. “It’s basically the YouTube experience you get on the desktop — on the phone.” (http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN2316792220080124 1/24)

DoCoMo, the Japanese mobile-phone operator, will put Google’s search box on its i-mode Web portal with the Internet giant’s advertising software linked to search results. DoCoMo and Google also plan to make it easier for users to watch YouTube videos or check Google’s e-mail service. (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a3TcbPTdad7Y 1/24) 

Cable firms and telecommunications companies will be among those opening the bidding in today’s FCC auction of radio-airwave licenses. The auction of the 700-megahertz spectrum, which is expected to raise about $10 billion, involves enough capacity to create an ultrafast national broadband network. (The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires 1/24,  San Francisco Chronicle 1/24)