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T-Mobile doesn’t want to keep AT&T and Verizon Wireless from bidding in an incentive auction of broadcast TV spectrum, but merely to restrict any company from buying too much spectrum below 1 GHz, T-Mobile representatives said in a meeting with Wireless Bureau Chief Ruth Milkman, Gary Epstein, head of the Incentive Auction Task Force, and other FCC officials. “AT&T and Verizon’s presence in the 600 MHz band is important to T-Mobile because the two companies enjoy volume purchasing power, promote international standardization, and command attention from the global supply chain,” T-Mobile said (http://bit.ly/19CNgnH). “Without their presence in the band, T-Mobile’s equipment costs and product development cycles would likely increase.” But a cap still makes sense, T-Mobile told the FCC in an ex parte filing on the meeting. “The precise implications of the cap will vary depending on how much spectrum becomes available during the 600 MHz incentive auction and the concentration of a carrier’s holdings in a particular market, but AT&T and Verizon will likely be able to acquire substantial amounts of spectrum in most counties under reasonable spectrum clearing estimates,” the filing said. “If, however, the amount of spectrum recaptured is especially low, or if an incumbent’s below-1 GHz spectrum holdings are especially high in an individual market, then strict application of a one-third cap could prevent a dominant incumbent from acquiring spectrum in that particular market."