FCC Should Make Sure DE Program Remains Viable, DE Coalition Says
The FCC should take various steps to make certain the designated entity program remains viable, the DE Opportunity Coalition said in a filing posted Monday in docket 12-268. “The Coalition urges the Commission to take steps to realize that a…
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viable DE program can fulfill important statutory and policy priorities, such as the wide dissemination of licenses and the avoidance of the excessive concentration of licenses.” The group urged the FCC to eliminate the attributable material relationship rule, “a counterproductive regulatory restriction that ultimately inhibits DE participation in auctions,” and to maintain the existing five-year unjust enrichment repayment schedule. “To encourage meaningful DE participation in future auctions, the Coalition also recommends that the Commission increase bidding credits across small business categories and extend new bidding credits to race-neutral categories of firms, supported by necessary data gathered through fact-based notice and comment,” the filing said.