Package bidding in the upcoming AWS-3 and incentive...
Package bidding in the upcoming AWS-3 and incentive auctions is critical to carriers like Verizon Wireless as they work to build out their networks, Verizon representatives said in meetings with FCC staff, said an ex parte filing (http://bit.ly/1jDOvrf). “Package bidding…
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enables carriers not only to acquire the spectrum they need to serve intended geographic areas but to express the value of that package in a bid price at auction rather than through subsequent spectrum purchases in the secondary market,” the carrier said (http://bit.ly/1jDOvrf). “Package bidding can promote geographic consistency and also help promote efficient network build out costs to consumers’ benefit. Carriers may achieve substantial economies of scale that will ultimately benefit consumers by developing devices that can be used across a larger geographic footprint."