Verizon CEO Dan Mead met with FCC Chairman...

Verizon CEO Dan Mead met with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler this week in part to discuss the TV incentive auction, industry officials told us. Wheeler made clear to Mead that the FCC expected Verizon to play an active role in the auction, industry sources said. No filing on the meeting had been posted by the FCC Thursday afternoon. Wheeler met with both Mead and new CTIA President Meredith Baker, a former FCC commissioner. Verizon has signaled concerns that the FCC imposed limits that will restrict the company’s bidding in the auction. Verizon Senior Vice President Craig Silliman said in a recent interview on C-SPAN the carrier has concerns “about putting any sort of restrictions in auctions,” (CD May 30 p5). By most accounts Verizon and AT&T scored a victory May 15 when the commission approved auction rules (CD May 16 p5).