AT&T Wants Clarity on Auction Rules
The FCC should provide information about spectrum impairments well in advance of forward auction rounds, said AT&T in an ex parte filing posted Thursday in docket 12-268. Incentive Auction Task Force staff confirmed that impairment information could change between auction…
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stages “if it becomes necessary to establish a new clearing target,” the carrier said. It said it would be “helpful” for the agency to clarify any plans for licenses so impaired they won’t be sold in the forward auction -- called “category 3” licenses. It said the FCC should also clarify how reserve eligibility will be determined and allow time for bidders to “evaluate its impact” before a reserve round after the reserve is implemented begins. The commission should allow extra time for any extended round -- “at least 24 hours between the end of a forward auction round and the time bids in an extended round would be due,” AT&T said. The commission should also hold more than one practice auction before the real thing, AT&T said. “Such practice auctions would allow applicants to become familiar with the Commission’s auction software and complete the development of their own tools.”