Getting Rules Right Key to Successful 2.5 GHz Auction, CTIA Tells FCC
Adopt 2.5 GHz auction procedures that promote price discovery and “efficient assignment of licenses” through a simultaneous multiple round (SMR) auction format, CTIA asked the FCC. The group met with Office of Economics and Analytics staff, said a filing posted…
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Tuesday in docket 18-120. Price discovery is especially important “in the 2.5 GHz context where the information on the value of the white spaces is limited given that much of the spectrum is subject to long-term leases and the encumbrances vary license-by-license,” CTIA said. An SMR auction would be an “effective tool for the Commission to use to auction irregularly shaped Educational Broadcast Service white spaces,” it said.