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UPDATE 1-U.S. FCC denies airwaves auction discounts for Dish Network partners

August 18, 2015

SNR and Northstar are expected to have to repay more than $3 billion back to the FCC in order to keep the spectrum licenses. In a relatively common process for FCC auctions, Dish and partners invested in separate companies with little to no revenue that can receive a 25 percent discount in auction bidding as "very small businesses." However, rival bidders Verizon...

Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/17/reuters-america-update-1-us-fcc-denies-airwaves-auction-discounts-for-dish-network-partners.html
 
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