FCC Should Reject Calls for Larger Reserve Spectrum Set-Aside in Incentive Auction, Mobile Future Says
Mobile Future urged the FCC to reject T-Mobile arguments in favor of a larger reserve spectrum set-aside in the TV incentive auction. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is poised to do exactly that in an order set to circulate next week…
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(see 1506170052), FCC and industry officials say. “Shielding large corporations from open and competitive bidding will lead to lower auction proceeds and reduced incentives for broadcasters to participate,” Mobile Future said. “The result will be that the Commission fails to fulfill the Spectrum Act’s central objective, which is to reclaim a meaningful amount of spectrum to meet the ever-increasing consumer demand for mobile broadband.”