Bidders need certainty “well in advance” of the...

Bidders need certainty “well in advance” of the AWS-3 auction, “scheduled to begin as soon as September 2014,” including what spectrum will be sold and what the rules of the road will be, Verizon Wireless representatives told FCC Wireless Bureau officials in a meeting last week, said an ex parte filing. “The FCC should continue to work with other government agencies to ensure that it can auction 1755-1780 MHz paired with 2155-2180 MHz,” Verizon said (http://bit.ly/1eRgZJ3). “We discussed the need for potential bidders to know as much as possible about the schedule for re-locating federal users out of the 1755-1780 MHz band, as uncertainty on that issue will affect their valuation of the spectrum.” Verizon also recommended that the AWS-3 spectrum be sold in large Economic Area licenses. “If, however, the Commission were to adopt smaller license area sizes, it is imperative that auction participants be able to combine licenses through package bids,” Verizon said. “We also support auctioning the spectrum in a combination of 5x5 MHz and 10x10 MHz blocks.”