FCC Chairman promises to change auction rules that allowed Dish to get big discounts for spectrum

* Spectrum auctions are going to be a newsmaker for a while. In the US and Canada, recently concluded auctions for AWS-3 spectrum brought in buckets of money, and volumes of drama. T-Mobile is gunning for AT&T and Verizon, and everyone is gunning for Dish Network, whose designated entity bidding play is under review, as it afforded Dish a $3 billion discount against $13 billion in total bids. Members of the commission, as well as AT&T and Verizon have called for a review of the practice as it relates to “designated entities” and ensuring that the program is used to benefit the small businesses ... *



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