T-Mobile Backs Forward Auction for C Band
A standard forward auction seems best for 280 MHz of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band, T-Mobile officials told an aide to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, per a docket 18-122 posting Friday. The company said the FCC has authority to require winning…
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bidders of a standard auction make payments to incumbent licensees that include costs above those needed to reimburse relocation, such as payments to the Treasury and a spectrum relinquishment payment. It said the FCC should require that individual satellite operators accommodate existing users in the manner chosen by those users. It said spectrum relinquishment payments to operators should come after they certify end-user accommodation. Satellite operators should keep any money left over from relocation, the carrier said, saying will incentivize them to look at lower-cost options like fiber.