Small Carriers See Middle Ground Possible on License Sizes for Incentive Auction

摘要

LAS VEGAS — The FCC should at least consider selling 600 MHz spectrum in smaller licensensizes than economic area (EA) licenses, FCC acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn said Tuesday, followingna keynote at the Competitive Carriers Association’s annual conference. Carrier executives told us thenFCC may be considering license sizes somewhere between EAs and the much smaller cellular market arean(CMA) licenses, possibly something along the line of component economic area licenses (CEAs), a categorynpreviously developed by the FCC. CCA recently adopted a position in favor of CMAs over EAs fornthe incentive auction (CD June 20 p1).