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IT’S OVER: 700 MHz auction ends after 38 days, 261 rounds: Event generates record $20B in provisionally winning bids

It took 38 days and 261 rounds, but the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction came to an end this afternoon, having raised $19.592 billon for the U.S. treasury. The haul is a record for an FCC-run auction and nearly double the high...

700 MHz auction keeps on keeping on: Bidders pass round 256 with handful of bids

The Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction trudged into day 38 of bidding activity due to a small number of bids -- in some cases a single bid placed during a round -- that continue to be placed on a handful of licenses.Over...

700 MHz auction goes to 14 rounds per day: Move could speed auction end

The Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz auction took on a more heated feel today as the agency increased the number of rounds per day from 10 to 14. A similar move during the advanced wireless services auction in 2006 brought about an almost immediate...

As auction wanes, public safety weighs its options: Former NTIA Chief says it’s OK that D-Block bidding languishes, other disagree

As the 700 MHz auction winds to a close - apparently without a winning bidder for the commercial/public-safety license or a clear roadmap for meeting first responders' communications needs - progress is nonetheless being made on other fronts.The Department of Homeland Security's Science and...

Break down

As I've noted in previous columns, I go coco for spectrum auctions. Love 'em. Can't get enough of 'em. Want more of 'em.Or so I thought until the last week or so of the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction, which - depending...

700 MHz auction tempo remains steady: Focus continues to shift to lower-priced licenses

It appears bidders were not frightened off by passing the 200-round milestone in the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction as new bids continue to trickle in at a slow but steady rate. New bids fluctuated between four and six for each of...

700 MHz: Bidding focus changes, action remains slow: E-Block license covering American Samoa gets active

Bidding remained slow during the last half of day 33 and the beginning of day 34 of the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction, with the previous 10 rounds of bidding attracting between five and six new bids per round. Click here for...

700 MHz: 200 rounds and counting: Bidders remain focused on B Block

For those anxiously waiting for the conclusion of the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz auction, you can blame five B-Block licenses for the holdup.Bidding over the past several rounds has centered on five 12-megahertz B-Block spectrum licenses covering Albany, Ga.; Yuba City and Imperial,...

Only a few days left: Auction 73 drawing to a close: Bidders remain focuses on handful of small 700 MHz licenses

Pushing the clocks ahead by an hour appeared to have little impact on the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz auction, which picked up this morning where it left off on Friday: new bids in the single digits and very little new money being deposited...

700 MHz auction bidding hits single digits

Could today be the day that the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction comes to an end?New bids continued to dwindle in Auction 73, with action during rounds 170 through 178 huddled in the low double digits, before dropping to 7 new bids...

700 MHz bids per round dip into the single-digit range

Bidding remained subdued over the past 10 rounds of the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction, with new bids per round hovering in the high single-digit and low teens. The lackluster action contributed around $3 million to the auction's total potential winning bids,...

Worst of the Week: Auction burnout

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Bidding boost subsides: 700 MHz auction action continues to slide

The Federal Communication Commission's attempt yesterday to spur interest -- and hasten the end -- of the 700 MHz auction by moving to "stage three" bidding provided a temporary boost that by this morning seemed to have lost steam. Bids per round had jumped...

700 MHz auction moves into ‘stage three’: Bids continue to trickle in

The Federal Communications Commission announced it moved the 700 MHz spectrum auction into "stage three" in an effort to speed the proceedings along. Now, bidders must be active on at 98% of their current bidding eligibility in each round.The FCC moved the auction into...

700 MHz bidding continues despite FCC’s attempt to speed things up

Despite an attempt to speed the end of its 700 MHz spectrum auction, the Federal Communications Commission still counted around two dozen bids in each of this morning's rounds. Thus, those hoping for the event to come to a close early this week may...

Pryor consent

Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) may have opted himself out the wireless industry's good graces. I don't know whether Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin, a Republican, ever had a warm and fuzzy feeling for Pryor, but - if so - Martin's likely opted out....

700 MHz auction slows as bids near $20B: Bidding could cease this week

The 700 MHz auction is all but over, with the Federal Communications Commission increasing the number of bidding rounds to eight per day last Friday in an attempt to speed to a close bidding whose spectacular revenue and open access achievements will likely be...

FCC speeds up bidding as 700 MHz auction draws to a close: Agency revs up action to 8 rounds per day

In an effort to bring the event to a close, the Federal Communications Commission announced that starting today the 700 MHz auction will speed up to eight rounds of bidding per day, up from six. The news, coupled with the slowly declining number of...

WiMAX industry waits for the other shoe to drop: Vendors keep mobile dream alive with fixed/nomadic deployments

Here are several things you need to know this week about mobile WiMAX: First, mobile WiMAX is seen by analysts as a larger but riskier global opportunity for vendors, compared to fixed/nomadic WiMAX, which offers a smaller, less-risky and immediate opportunity. Second, rumors and...

700 MHz: A Block bidding drawing to a close

The Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction saw a flurry of activity - well, OK, a barely discernable increase - as it inched toward the $20 billion mark.Today's first three rounds saw a total of 77 bids, with B-Block licenses getting most of...

700 MHz (still) crawls toward finish line

Activity slowed from a trickle to a drip as the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction crawled toward the finish line.Round 119 drew only 25 new bids - up from an auction-low 21 new bids in round 117 - across the A, B...

700 MHz auction continues lazy ride

Action slowed further as the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction staggered toward the $20 billion mark.Round 114 drew only 26 new bids across the A, B and E Blocks, with B-Block licenses alone accounting for 14 bids. The action upped the...

Bidding slows to trickle: Handful of A-, B and E-Block licenses continue to garner limited interest

The number of new bids per round has dropped to around 30 in the Federal Communications Commission's ongoing 700 MHz spectrum auction, showing declining interest from a handful of the event's remaining bidders. The 34 new bids in round 108 this morning were scattered...

700 MHz auction slows to around 40 new bids per round

A small collection of E-Block licenses continued to generate interest among the few remaining active bidders in the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction. Over the past several days, it appears that bidders have been bickering over the unpaired E-Block spectrum covering portions...