NHMC and Others Ask FCC to Adopt Advisory Committee's Recommendation, Apply a Disadvantage Preference to Spectrum Auctions

In Comments filed by the Institute for Public Representation, NHMC and other urged the FCC to adopt the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age and add a "Disadvantage Preference" to existing spectrum auctions.  This preference would make it easier persons who have overcome a disadvantage to compete with others to obtain spectrum vital to their business ventures.

To read the Comments, please click here.
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