The 'Google effect' in the FCC's 700 MHz auction

Summary: Revenues in the 700 MHz Spectrum Auction

• Verizon and AT&T earn substantial scarcity rents from holding nearly all of the original low-frequency Cellular licenses, which gives them operational and quality advantages reflected in their prices and profits. • The 700 MHz spectrum has high " foreclosure value " to Verizon and AT&T, separate from the true " economic value " of building and operating a network. Market entry by new 700 MHz ...

Spectrum Auctions and the Public Interest

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 343 I. 700 MHZ AUCTION .................................................................. 344 II. AUCTIONS AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST ................................. 351 A. Auctions as a Market Allocation Tool ..................................... 352 B. Auction Revenue as Compensation .................

Comments on Experimental Design for Evaluating FCC Spectrum Auction Alternatives

We are responding to Public Notice DA 05-1267, which seeks comment on the proposed experimental design to eva luate aspects of the FCC's alternative auction methods, both with and without package bidding. The experimental design is ambitious. Our main comment is that the effort will be more productive if there is more focus on elements for which past experience and existing knowledge does not p...

Making the FCC's First Combinatorial Auction Work Well Comment on DA 00-1075, “COMMENT SOUGHT ON MODIFYING THE SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLE ROUND AUCTION DESIGN TO ALLOW COMBINATORIAL

Two Cheers for the FCC's Mobility Fund Reverse Auction