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FCC Should Provide Level Playing Field in Incentive Auction, Mobile Future Says

The FCC should craft rules for the TV incentive auction that don’t advantage any potential bidders, Mobile Future said in a letter Thursday to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. “It is a matter of record that open and inclusive auction design…

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principles -- like those used in the AWS-3 auction -- are essential to achieving auction outcomes that best serve mobile consumers, the public interest, and innovators alike,” Mobile Future said. “It is also imperative for the Commission to take steps to prevent certain self-interested competitors from ‘gaming the system.’ Mobile Future urges the Commission to recognize the realities of the AWS-3 auction and learn from this experience when crafting rules for the incentive auction.”