I'm not familiar w/ the FCC process but I was involved in acquiring frequency in a non-US country w/ a non-US company. The process is elaborate game theory. T

I'm not familiar w/ the FCC process but I was involved in acquiring frequency in a non-US country w/ a non-US company. The process is elaborate game theory. The rules are simple, e.g.: 3 Rounds, must bid twice, can't collude; 5 spectrums up for bid, 4 bidders; can win 2 only, on success must pay and hit milestones A, B, C by date X, Y, Z. Often the system is passively rigged - no actual collusion but everyone knows through deductive reasoning what the others will do; and it goes down as expected.