CTIA Pres. Steve Largent expects major carriers to look to Capito...
CTIA Pres. Steve Largent expects major carriers to look to Capitol Hill for support in changing the rules for Auction 58, scheduled for Jan., which set aside a majority of licenses that will be auctioned for purchase by smaller…
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carriers considered to be designated entities (DEs). Largent said members of Congress are “protective” of the revenue from spectrum auctions, but it appears unlikely the FCC will reverse course. “It’s just a dumb provision,” Largent said. “There are numerous ways that are apparent to everybody that people work around the DE [requirements]. What’s the point?” Asked about the FCC changing the rules, FCC Comr. Abernathy noted Thurs. that the Wireless Bureau has supported providing some licenses to just DEs. “I know it’s the rules the bureau wants to use,” she said. “Some of the large players wish there were fewer designated entities, but as of right now I'm unaware of any proceeding that would change that.”