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Levin Says FCC Legal Authority Not Biggest C-Band Question

FCC authority to hold an incentive auction of the C band isn’t the biggest question looming as the regulator considers how to open the band for 5G (see 1912130061), New Street's Blair Levin emailed. “The value of the spectrum is…

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directly related to the speed and certainty of the bidders obtaining use of the spectrum,” he said: “If the time is long and the date uncertain, the value goes down dramatically.” There are several approaches “that would pass legal muster,” Levin said.