FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said that neither the D-block re-auction nor the Advanced Wireless Services-3 auction will likely happen this year. "I think it's very difficult to [start either auction in 2008] because in both cases the commission sought... additional comments. For us to complete either of the auctions by the end of this year, I think that makes it difficult," Martin was quoted as sayin

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said it appears increasingly doubtful that either the D-Block re-auction or advanced wireless services-3 bidding will happen this year, which means competition for the two valuable blocks of public airwaves likely will play out under a new... ... - Jeffrey Silva

Comments on what the FCC should do with the 700 MHz D Block ran the gamut, with some urging the agency to tighten its rules on a public-private sharing of the spectrum while others recommended the D Block be auctioned without any conditions whatsoever. ... - Mike Dano

The FCC has given a June 20 deadline for receiving comments on how it should re-auction the D-block 700 MHz spectrum. The spectrum, which was reserved for public/private network, failed to receive ...

The Federal Communications Commission set a June 20 deadline for public comment on D-Block revisions, but already the agency has begun receiving suggestions from industry, public safety and academics. ... - Jeffrey Silva

The Federal Communications Commission today launched a wide-ranging proceeding to revamp D-Block rules, an effort that will not only examine changes to the national public safety/commercial license left stranded in the 700 MHz auction but also consider whether the public-private partnership... ... - Jeffrey Silva

The 700 MHz auction ended two months ago, but you'd never know it. ... - Jeffrey Silva

PUBLIC SAFETY SPECTRUM TRUST CORP. Chairman Harlin McEwen has distanced himself from a key element in a Federal Communications Commission inspector general report on the unsettled 700 MHz D Block. ... - Jeffrey Silva

LAS VEGAS -- Despite troubles brewing back in Washington, D.C., regarding Cyren Call Communication Corp. ... - Dan Meyer

Public Spectrum Safety Trust Corp. Chairman Harlin McEwen appears to have distanced himself from a key element in a new Federal Communications Commission inspector general report, which cleared Cyren Call Communications Corp. of any wrongdoing prior to the failed auction of the 700 MHz D Block. ... - Jeffrey Silva