Except for a few major carriers, ’the vast majority of commenters...
Except for a few major carriers, “the vast majority of commenters” want the FCC to deny designated entity (DE) status to smaller companies that have material relationships with major in-region wireless carriers in the pending advanced wireless services auction,…
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DE Council Tree told the FCC in reply comments. “The only commenters that opposed the Commission’s plan to update its designated entity eligibility rules for the future were 2 national carriers, 2 designated entities associated with national carriers, and CTIA,” Council Tree said. T-Mobile asked the FCC for a quick decision, so as not to delay the auction. “Given that the record support for the recommended changes is flimsy at best, the Commission should do everything within its power to prevent this proceeding from derailing the most important spectrum auction since the mid-1990s,” T-Mobile said. The key is to hew to the auction schedule, equipment maker Ericsson said: “To delay the auction would inject a level of uncertainty that would vastly undermine the upcoming auction and would negatively impact the very same small entities that the Commission seeks to protect in this proceeding.”