CTIA, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and the Progress and Freedom Fou...

have long held that the Commission is obligated to re-assess its rules when the underlying assumptions are no longer valid or have been overtaken by new facts. Accordingly, the record evidence submitted in support of eliminating or waiving the restrictions, along with the range of views proffered on this issue, should lead the Commission at a minimum to reexamine the justification for those restrictions.” T-Mobile called the set-aside “an outmoded and demonstrably inefficient mechanism” for helping smaller players win licenses at auction. “By removing the DE restriction on certain Auction No. 58 licenses and in future auctions, the Commission will make for a more-competitive auction process, where spectrum will more cheaply and quickly find its way to providers who value it most,” PFF said. “In the end, this will benefit consumers because providers will have lower costs and spectrum be used more efficiently.”