T-Mobile wants the FCC to stop Verizon from bidding for spectrum in 12 markets next year

Oklahoma City, Okla. (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 44.83MHz),
Brownsville, Texas (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 44.97MHz),
Springfield, Mass. (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 45.92MHz),
Bozeman, Mont. (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 45.41MHz),
Galesburg, Ill. (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 46.97MHz),
Great Falls, Mont. (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 45.09MHz),
Yankton, S.D. (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 44.88MHz),
Farmington, N.M. (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 47MHz),
Sheridan, Wyo. (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 44.94MHz),
Minot, N.D. (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 46.82MHz),
Kanab, Utah (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 46.96MHz),
Valentine, Neb. (Verizon’s population-weighted holdings equal 45.02MHz).
Back in May, even after the FCC agreed to the spectrum reserve plan in order to make the playing field for the auction more level, T-Mobile and Sprint asked that even more spectrum be held aside from AT&T and Verizon. At that point, the FCC made it sound as though they had heard enough whining from Sprint and T-Mobile. Sprint, by the way, has dropped out of the auction, saying that it already owns enough spectrum.
"Verizon therefore has an interest in more than one-third of the suitable and available low-band spectrum and is ineligible for the spectrum reserve...confirming the accuracy of the reserve-eligibility list will help achieve the important public interest goal of protecting against excessive concentration of low-band spectrum holdings by the nation’s dominant wireless providers while ensuring competitive bidding."-T-Mobile
As soon as the FCC makes a ruling on the T-Mobile filing, we will pass along the results. Meanwhile, T-Mobile is selling some assets in order to raise money for the auction. Today, the nation's third largest carrier sold 600 cell towers to Phoenix Tower International, according to the buyers. With T-Mobile planning to be aggressive bidders during the auction, this is one way for John Legere and crew to raise cash.
source: FCC, PhoenixTowers via TmoNews (1), (2)