Imposing limits on how much spectrum any carrier...
Imposing limits on how much spectrum any carrier can buy in the incentive auction could depress revenue and discourage broadcasters from offering their spectrum for sale, Free State Foundation Visiting Fellow Gregory Vogt said Tuesday in a blog post (http://bit.ly/14Tobh).…
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“The need to allocate more spectrum for mobile broadband has achieved rare, near unanimity in Washington,” Vogt wrote. “As the FCC implements the 600 MHz band incentive auction, however, there is a lot of chatter concerning limiting eligibility to bid on the voluntarily contributed broadcast spectrum. Achieving a ‘yes’ on the incentive auction bargain must include rejecting such limitations because they are antithetical to the reverse auction bargain and violate free market principles."