FCC Said Poised to Deny T-Mobile Help to Get More Airwaves

Apparently, T-Mobile’s bid for government help to buy more airwaves in a 2016 wireless auction is poised for defeat in voting by US regulators. A proposal by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to deny the company’s request has gained three votes, or the needed majority, in electronic balloting at the five-member agency, apparently. T-Mobile, the fourth-largest US mobile carrier, had asked the FCC to reserve more airwaves for bidding by carriers other than AT&T and Verizon, the largest ones.