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AT&T sets the market for 700 MHz spectrum
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"If the public-safety community puts too many terms and conditions on what they expect that network to look like, they could scare away the bidders," Seybold said. "The shame of that is, if the bidders get scared away and nobody shows up, the rules will get changed somehow -- and we don't know how -- and the spectrum goes back out to bid…Thus the national public-safety licensee… has a formidable challenge before it.   In its statement of requirements, the licensee must strike a delicate balance between protecting public safety's interest in the network and maintaining the economic viability of the network for the commercial operator…