Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmeita urged FCC...
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmeita urged FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to develop incentive auction rules “designed to prevent aggregation and promote competition.” Without reasonable auction controls, “Louisiana customers ultimately may see a duopoly of national wireless providers,” wrote Skrmeita…
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Dec. 6 in a letter posted Monday to docket 12-269 (http://bit.ly/1bnAus7). Skrmeita said the nation’s two largest providers now control 78 percent of the low-frequency spectrum. “The FCC should take steps in the upcoming auction to limit further aggregation,” he wrote. The Incentive Auction Task Force said last week that a report and order establishing the auction’s framework will be presented to the FCC this spring (CD Jan 31 p8).