FCC Should Cap Wireless License Impairment, Says CTIA
A successful incentive auction “should result in the auctioning of wireless licenses that are minimally impaired” said CTIA and representatives from Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon in a meeting last week with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and staff from…
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the Incentive Auction Task Force, Office of Engineering and Technology and International, Media and Wireless bureaus, according to an ex parte filing. The incentive auction needs to have transparent rules and “clear as much spectrum as possible for new licensed wireless services,” the wireless representatives said. The FCC should create a new cap on spectrum impairment and “should strive to minimize impairments while balancing this with a need to maximize the amount of spectrum recovered,” CTIA said. The FCC should also increase the amount of up-front information it will provide to bidders, such as data about inter-service interference, said the association in the filing posted Wednesday to docket 14-252. “Providing robust information to interested bidders will help them make informed decisions regarding spectrum assets and increase the likelihood of a successful auction.”