Council Tree Communications urged the FCC to ‘repair, improve and...
Council Tree Communications urged the FCC to “repair, improve and ultimately preserve” designated entity (DE) incentives in advanced wireless services (AWS) spectrum auctions. Council Tree asked the Commission to: (1) Raise from 25% to 35% the maximum DE bidding…
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credit offered in AWS auctions. (2) Provide an additional 10% bidding credit for DEs that serve underserved populations. (3) Not allow large incumbent wireless carriers to have any material investment, financial or operating relationship with a DE if they have licenses with material geographic overlap. (4) Not allow individuals with a net worth exceeding $3 million to have a controlling interest in a DE. “These proposals will ensure that DE benefits are limited and applied only where needed, and will provide meaningful entry points for new competition in the wireless industry,” Council Tree said, adding the proposals can be implemented “on a non-disruptive basis well in advance of the first AWS auction” expected in mid- 2006.