I read a really good article in the Wall Street Journal from April 11th by Amy Schatz and Amol Sharma about the potential change by the FCC to a blind bidding process. WSJ requires a subscription. Here is a link to a different piece. This particular spectrum range appears pretty useful. It was formerly a Defense Department asset. The ranges are: 1710 to 1755 MHz and 2110 to 2155. There are 1122 licenses slated to be auction. So good penetration and good bandwidth capacity. Nice tradeoff. The big talk though is that the FCC will keep blind the names of all bidders through each round—only showing the dollar amounts. Obviously the first goal is to maximize bidding. But theoretically at least, it could prevent cooperation between carriers. Will it work? If there are no leaks maybe? The Federal Government never has leaks does it?