The 700 MHz auction drew attention on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Lagg...
The 700 MHz auction drew attention on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Lagging interest in bidding on the D-block is “discouraging,” said House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Edward Markey, D-Mass. He and colleagues are “following very closely” the auction, Markey told a…
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hearing on public access channels in video packages sold by Bells and cable operators. (See separate report in this issue.) Markey will work with FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to re-auction the spectrum if the reserve price is not met, he said. If that occurs, the committee also will review the public safety trust, Markey said. Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., said the committee will “be a partner in what happens next” with the auction, which she is “watching closely” for D-block bidding. “It is important that this committee be a player here and we prevent any change of rules in mid course should the bids not come in” as the FCC had hoped, she said. “I've written to Chairman Martin about this.”