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Sprint, T-Mobile urge FCC to allow for joint bidding arrangements in 600 MHz auction
By Phil Goldstein
AT&T and T-Mobile want the FCC to take a hard line on entities like the ones Dish partnered with in the AWS-3 auction
Sprint and T-Mobile US are pushing the FCC to allow for joint bidding arrangements in the 600 MHz incentive auction, arguing that the agency should not issue a blanket prohibition against them for nationwide operators.
Meanwhile, AT&T Mobility wants any companies that wish to bid jointly to form a consortium or joint venture well before the auction. Both T-Mobile and AT&T also want the FCC to make its rules more restrictive for the incentive auction to curtail the kind of bidding arrangements Dish Network established with so-called designated entities for the AWS-3 auction.
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