With the recommendations provided to the FCC from the Department of justice aimed at spectrum auctions, placing importance on spectrum under 1,000 Mhz. DOJ made its case that the nation's two largest carriers currently hold market power.one can easily surmise that it's guiding the FCC to establish rules that favor smaller carriers mainly Sprint and T-Mobile. In the DOJ's opinion, a carrier would need to demonstrate both compelling evidence of capacity constraints and an efficient use of its current licenses in order to gain additional lower frequency spectrum. Otherwise, the opportunity exists for AT&T and Verizon to snap up licenses simply in attempt to harm competitors.
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