Spectrum Financial Partners Supports Changes to Incentive Auction Eligibility Rules
Spectrum Financial Partners supports a request by the Blooston Rural Carriers that the FCC change a requirement that bidders in the TV incentive auction are active on 95 percent of their eligibility from the start of the auction, without activity…
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waivers even for small carriers. The wireless carriers represented by the Blooston law firm asked the FCC for changes to the rule last month. Spectrum Financial Partners said it's “partnering with others in bidding in the upcoming 600 MHz incentive auction, and is keenly interested in the opportunities for small businesses to competitively participate in these transactions.” The forward auction is more likely to be a success “if the Commission adopts procedures that allow greater bidding flexibility by smaller applicants to reduce the risk of their prematurely exiting the auction,” the firm said. The filing was posted Friday in docket 15-146.