AT&T opposed comments from Sprint Nextel, Rural Telecommunications Group and...
AT&T opposed comments from Sprint Nextel, Rural Telecommunications Group and Public Knowledge in the proceeding around a framework for an incentive auction of broadcast TV spectrum. Some wireless providers urge the FCC to abandon a light tough approach “in favor…
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of blatantly skewed spectrum policies that are designed to tip the competitive scales in their own favor,” said Federal Regulatory Affairs Vice President Joan Marsh. AT&T opposed a suggestion from Sprint that “most of its own spectrum should continue to be excluded from the spectrum screen, while much of the spectrum held by Verizon and AT&T should be double-counted,” she said in a blog post (http://xrl.us/bn9tce). Marsh also disagreed with other commenters that supported weighting sub-1 GHz low band spectrum more heavily in the spectrum screen or applying a separate screen to such spectrum. “There is no economic or policy basis for either of these schemes.” AT&T reiterated its stance that there is no reason for the FCC to abandon spectrum policies “proven to promote competition, investment and innovation when a few simple adjustments are all that is necessary to restore predictability and rationality to the commission’s framework,” she said.