The FCC has achieved its initial targets for the 600 MHz incentive auction, hitting the top end of its projected amount of spectrum for clearing – 126 MHz. That is the maximum amount the regulator had hoped would be offered up voluntarily by the broadcasters, for sale to new bidders in the upcoming reverse auction phase of the two-step process. Last year, the FCC established a spectrum clearing range from 42 MHz to 126 MHz, with most observers believing that anything under 80 MHz would be considered a failure by MNOs. As it is, they are pleased with the outcome, and Meredith Attwell Baker, CEO of operator trade body the CTIA, said in a statement: “CTIA is encouraged to see…