Incentive Auction Amendment Proposed

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) has proposed an amendment to the Reid debt ceiling bill that would modify the incentive auction portion of the bill to make sure the Federal Communications Commission did not put too many conditions on winning wireless bidders and making it clear that freeing up spectrum for them is crucial. Kirk's wireless industry-friendly amendment would prevent the FCC from attaching any network neutrality conditions to the auctioned spectrum, prevent it from prescribing rates, terms or service conditions that might be offered, would prevent the FCC from restricting the "number, type, pr specific bidders" from participating in an auction.