Interactive Video and Data Service

This Tenth Report and Order modifies the competitive bidding rules for the upcoming auction of Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS) licenses as proposed by the Sixth Memorandum Opinion and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, In the Matter of Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act--Competitive Bidding. Specifically, the rule amendments include eliminating the bidding credits available to women- and minority-owned IVDS applicants and extending bidding credits to small businesses based upon a revised two-tiered small business definition, i.e., providing varying bidding credit amounts to small businesses of different sizes. The Tenth Report and Order also clarifies the attribution rules for affiliates of IVDS applicants, and amends the competitive bidding rules to increase the amount of the upfront payments required to participate in the IVDS auction. The intended effect of this action is to establish the competitive bidding rules for the upcoming auction of IVDS licenses.