Time to Step Up

摘要

The FCC'S latest forward auction stage began and ended in the blink or an eye last week-actually, two hours. Wireless companies signaled that they were not willing to bid up the price after the FCC reduced the spectrum blocks available. The new price tag on that spectrum was $54,586,032,836, plus another couple of billion to pay the FCC's bill for conducting the auction, and broadcasters' (and some cable operators') bills for the post-auction channel repack.