[ NNSquad ] Battle over letting AT&T and Verizon chew up even more spectrum

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Battle over letting AT&T and Verizon chew up even more spectrum

http://j.mp/ZV1bBw  (IT World)

    "Those revenues matter," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a co-author of the
    Georgetown study. "That has implications for public policy."  Even a
    partial restriction of bids by Verizon and AT&T could have a
    significant impact on auction revenues, he said.  The study considers
    scenarios that won't happen, countered Matt Wood, policy director at
    digital rights group Free Press.  "No one is talking about completely
    barring AT&T and Verizon from the incentive auction," Wood said in an
    email. "Sensible people are talking about making sure that more than
    two companies have a chance at obtaining spectrum. The fact that these
    duopolists hired economists to parrot the companies' own talking
    points isn't really that newsworthy."

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