AT&T Designated Entity Filings Are 'Regulatory Gamesmanship,' Dish, Northstar, SNR Say
Arguments by AT&T that Dish, SNR Wireless and Northstar Wireless should be penalized in the incentive auction as “defaulters” are “regulatory gamesmanship” and should be rejected, Dish, Northstar and SNR said in a joint response posted in docket 12-268 Friday.…
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AT&T's arguments are “nothing more than a transparent effort by an established wireless operator to create obstacles to limit participation in the upcoming auction for low-band spectrum that is critical for new wireless market entry,” the joint filing said. The issues connected with the AWS-3 auction raised by AT&T have already been decided by the Wireless Bureau, and AT&T can't raise them again, the joint filing said. “Styling the requested relief as a petition for declaratory ruling, which AT&T supports, does not change that fact,” the filing said.