STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER AJIT PAI
APPROVING IN PART AND CONCURRING IN PART
Re: Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, 
GN Docket No. 12-268.
I am voting to approve in part and concur in part for a couple of reasons.  First, while I do not 
agree with the resolution of every single petition for reconsideration addressed in this Order, I do agree 
with how we dispose of the overwhelming majority of them.  And second, working together, we
improved the item.
A good example is the decision to make less onerous the consumer education requirements placed 
on broadcasters.  Television stations repacked after the auction will have every incentive to inform their 
viewers of a channel change in the most effective manner.  It will be a matter of economic self-interest.
Similarly, I am pleased that the item makes clear that the Commission will make every reasonable 
effort to accommodate requests for television stations to operate on temporary facilities if they have not 
been able to complete construction by the end of the 39-month Post-Auction Transition Period because of 
a delay caused by international coordination.  No television station should be forced to go dark for a 
reason wholly outside of its control.
Finally, I am glad we now commit to providing forward auction bidders with enough information 
about our international coordination efforts prior to the start of the auction that they can formulate their 
bidding strategies.