The FCC has published its final list of bidders for the much-anticipated 600 MHz auction in the US, totaling no fewer than 62 bidders. These will enter the bidding war in just a few weeks’ time, and they include all the usual suspects, but with a few surprise names in the hat. However, the whopping total of $86.4bn requested by the broadcasters who are selling the spectrum, for the full 126 MHz available, has sparked concerns that telecom operators won’t be overly keen on spending such a sum on low band spectrum – which may result in a second round of reverse auction bidding for less spectrum at reduced prices. “The auction is a market-based mechanism for matching supply with…