BROWSING: Auction 103

The third U.S. millimeter wave auction is complete The Federal Communications Commission's third millimeter wave spectrum auction has concluded, and the agency is expected to release the names of winning bidders in the coming days. The first, clock-bidding-based phase of the auction raised a little more...

Bidding has closed in the first phase of the Federal Communications Commission's millimeter wave spectrum auction, with the bid total at more than $7.56 billion. Since December 10, 35 bidders have been vying for the licenses. After 104 rounds of the clock phase, prices settled...

As the ongoing millimeter wave auction moves closer to conclusion, the Federal Communications Commission is bumping up the number of daily bidding rounds from five to seven, and shortening them from 30 minutes to 20 minutes. The additional rounds of bidding start today. This is...

Auction total hits $7.5 billion, as bidders scoop up licenses in smaller and rural markets A nudge from the Federal Communications Commission has prompted a surge in bidding activity in the ongoing millimeter wave spectrum auction, with bidders broadening their interest to include licenses in...

The ongoing Federal Communications Commission auction of millimeter wave licenses has now raised $7 billion in bids, with bidding continuing to slow and jockeying in the most recent round focused on smaller markets. The FCC is now holding five rounds of bidding per day. Between...

The ongoing millimeter wave spectrum auction is moving to five rounds of bidding each day, up from three, as bidding slows to a trickle with $6.7 billion raised after 38 rounds. Today is the first day of five bidding rounds, and the bidding total raised...

The Federal Communications Commission's ongoing millimeter wave auction has added another billion in bids, bringing the total to more than $6.1 billion. Bidding resumed yesterday after a break for the holidays. More than 14,100 licenses are up for grabs across three mmWave bands in Auction 103: the...

The Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing Spectrum Frontiers auction of millimeter wave spectrum has raised more than $5.3 billion in bids, after 24 rounds. More than 14,100 licenses are up for grabs across three mmWave bands in Auction 103: the upper 37 GHz band (37.6-38.6 GHz), the 39...

After 17 rounds of bidding, the Federal Communications Commission's Spectrum Frontiers current auction of millimeter wave spectrum has hit $3 billion in bids. More than 14,100 licenses are up for grabs across three mmWave bands in Auction 103: the upper 37 GHz band (37.6-38.6 GHz), the 39...

Bidding in the Federal Communications Commission's latest auction of millimeter wave spectrum has reached more than $1.4 billion, after three days and eight rounds. Three more rounds will be held today, with three rounds per day to be held next week as well. The latest Spectrum...

Editor's note: This story has been updated. Bidding kicked off Tuesday in the Federal Communications Commission's largest-ever spectrum auction. The latest Spectrum Frontiers auction of millimeter wave bands has raised more than $637 million in its first round of bidding. By the end of the...