Sec. 22.962  Competitive bidding mechanisms.

    (a) Grouping. All cellular unserved area Phase I and Phase II 
licenses will be auctioned simultaneously, unless the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau announces, by Public Notice prior to the 
auction, an alternative auction scheme.
    (b) Minimum bid increments. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
will, by announcement before or during an auction, require minimum bid 
increments in dollar or percentage terms.
    (c) Stopping rules. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will 
establish stopping rules before or during multiple round auctions in 
order to terminate an auction within a reasonable time.
    (d) Activity rules. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will 
establish activity rules which require a minimum amount of bidding 
activity. In the event that the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
establishes an activity rule in connection with a simultaneous multiple 
round auction, each bidder will be entitled to request and will be 
automatically granted a certain number of waivers of such rule during 
the auction.
[ 61 FR 58339 , Nov. 14, 1996]