Wireless Bureau Gives 3 Bidders a Break After Missing Incentive Auction Deadline
The FCC Wireless Bureau approved waiver requests by three winning bidders in the TV incentive auction who failed to timely file documents: Tradewinds Wireless, Nova Wireless and Pacific Comnex. All met a May 11 deadline for final payments for the…
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spectrum, the order said Tuesday. “However, Pacific Comnex failed to timely file FCC Form 601 and FCC Form 602,” the bureau said. “Tradewinds and Nova timely filed their FCC Form 601 long-form applications, but failed to have a current FCC Form 602 on file with the Commission by the deadline.” The bureau said it's in the public interest to grant the waivers: “We give considerable weight to the applicants’ prior records of compliance in Auction 1002 and their prompt action to remedy their delinquencies.”