T-Mobile urges Congress, FCC to keep spectrum auctions competitive

T-Mobile may be getting a new batch of spectrum as a result of its failed merger with AT&T, but it’s obviously going to always be on the hunt for more, and it’s now urging Congress to ensure that the playing field for future auctions is level for all bidders big and small. Specifically, it’s asking members of Congress to reconsider some pending legislation that it says would “effectively preclude the FCC from considering existing spectrum holdings in determining the qualifications for participation in auctions.” That, it suggests, would put smaller players like itself at a disadvantage to the big spectrum holders in future auctions (namely, AT&T and Verizon), and would represent a drastic break from the past twenty years — during which it says the FCC has continued to fine-tune it’s process to ensure “pro-competitive auction rules.” T-Mobile’s full case, laid out by VP of Federal Regulatory Affairs Kathleen Ham, can be found at the source link below

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Google, Wikipedia and others protest SOPA / PIPA

At this point, SOPA needs no introduction . But if you’ve been diligently ignoring it up until this point, good luck getting through January 18th as an uninformed citizen. Google, Wikipedia and a host of other websites are either going dark or making huge, unmistakable statements on their homepages in protest

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Lamar Smith: SOPA markup to resume in February

Thought the White House was able to put enough of smackdown on SOPA to kill the bill entirely?

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