Policymakers Tired of T-Mobile's Request for Special Treatment, Mobile Future Alleges
Policymakers have had enough of T-Mobile’s requests for preferred treatment in the TV incentive auction and are just saying no to a larger spectrum reserve -- spectrum set aside for competitors without extensive low-band holdings in a particular market --…
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Mobile Future Chairman Jonathan Spalter alleged Friday in a blog post. T-Mobile CEO John Legere has made the issue a top regulatory priority for the carrier (see 1507020057). “After Periscoping his way through Washington, John Legere has left a path of alienation in his wake,” Spalter wrote. “Rather than declaring victory for convincing the FCC to block national rivals AT&T and Verizon from bidding on up to 30 MHz of prime spectrum in the upcoming broadcast spectrum auctions, Legere is seeking to publicly bully the commission into giving his company right of first refusal over even more bandwidth and at an even steeper discount.” T-Mobile is not responding to Spalter, a spokesman said.