Broadcaster Consultant Slams Wireless Carriers for Low Bids in Incentive Auction
Preston Padden, who advises broadcasters on the incentive auction, slammed wireless carriers for their failure to step up and bid at a level that would bring the auction to an abrupt end. The FCC is in the second stage of…
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the reverse auction as it determines the next clearing target. Padden cited comments by former President Bill Clinton Monday that Obamacare was "the craziest thing in the world." Padden suggested a revised comment. "President Clinton was wrong,” Padden emailed. “It is not Obamacare that is 'crazy,' it is carriers continuing to say they need more low band spectrum and then not bidding strongly in the 600 MHz auction. Every time we move to a new Stage, the carriers give up some of the spectrum they claim to need."