Report Argues For Limits On Spectrum Auction Participants

REPORT ARGUES FOR LIMITS ON SPECTRUM AUCTION PARTICIPANTS
[SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires, AUTHOR: Corey Boles]
Lobbying over how the Federal Communications Commission should frame rules governing the forthcoming auction of radio spectrum has intensified. On Tuesday a report by economists Robert Wilson and Andrzej Skrzypacz of Stanford University Business School that was commissioned by Frontline Wireless, concluded that large incumbent telecom operators such as Verizon Communications and AT&T's wireless units, should be partially restricted from taking part in the auction. The report argues that the same partial ban should be extended to the large cable companies too. Their comments concern the 10 megahertz of spectrum that Frontline has been trying to convince the FCC to attach additional guidelines to. It wants these additional rules in place so its proposal for a national wireless broadband network for use by both commercial operators and public safety could get off the ground. The economists said that only wholesale operators should be allowed to bid for the 10 megahertz of powerful and lucrative radio spectrum.
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