The Federal Communications Commission's Inspector General concluded in a report released Friday that a combination of factors led to the lack of bidders -- there was only one -- for spectrum to build a public-private network that could be used for emergency communications.

The report was prompted by a request from Media Access Project and others.

FCC chairman Kevin Martin called for the investigation after the complaints suggested that bidders might have been scared off because the Public Safety Spectrum Trust, which would oversee the partnership, and its consultant, Cyren Call, were demanding spectrum-lease payments from potential bidders on the order of $50 million.

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