It took just seven new rounds of bidding on Thursday for the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 to come to a close, with bidding conveniently coming to a halt as the auction’s total winning bids reached the minimum reserve price agreed to before the...
An increase in the number of bidding rounds did nothing to hasten the conclusion of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 as bids continued to trickle in for yet another day.
Prior to the start of Wednesday’s activities, the FCC increased the number of bidding...
The Federal Communications Commission’s attempt to auction off 176 spectrum licenses in the upper 1.9 GHz band has hit the painful level as new bids continue to drip in. A day after Auction 96 hit a new low of 22 new bids spread out...
The Federal Communications Commission’s H-Block spectrum auction has slowed to a painful crawl as the number of new bids Monday hit an all-time low.
A total of 22 new bids were placed across 12 rounds of action totaling under $4 million in new funds, which...
Somehow, someway, the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 made it to the weekend as bids continued to trickle in.
Friday witnessed 82 new bids through the 12 rounds of activity, which was actually a slight increase from the previous day. Nearly half of the new...
Bidding nearly ceased on Thursday in the Federal Communications Commission Auction 96, with one of the dozen rounds conducted garnering only a single new potential winning bid. The auction, which includes 176 H-Block economic area spectrum licenses, is set to conclude once a round...
Could the end of Auction 96 finally be near?
Following a lackluster day of bidding, the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction of 176 economic area licenses in the 1.9 GHz band looks to have perhaps found itself about to call it a day. Through nine...
Following a long weekend and with an increase in the number of bidding rounds per day, the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 continued to generate wild fluctuations in bids per round and roll up funds for the country’s treasury.
Before the day began, the FCC...
Following yet another weather delay, bidding in the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 continued the momentum shown earlier in the week, pushing auction totals past the $1.4 billion mark. The activity also showed that perhaps the auction was not yet ready to end.
Participants coughed...
The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of H-Block spectrum licenses took a dramatic turn today as the number of bids shot through the roof following what seemed to be the a near end to the proceedings.
Following yesterday’s activity that witnessed bidding slow to just four...
Despite an attempted shot of adrenalin, bidding continued to slow in the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 of wireless spectrum licenses in the 1.9 GHz band. Only 78 new bids were placed through the seven rounds of bidding on Tuesday.
Bidding started out slow with...
Bidding in the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing auction of H-Block spectrum license continued to slow coming out of the weekend, with the FCC looking to speed up the process by increasing the number of rounds per week beginning Feb. 11.
Monday’s bidding drew a total...
Following a weather-induced day of reflection, the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 resumed today with five rounds of bidding. Participants appeared a bit groggy following the previous day’s cancellation due to weather with total new bids totaling just $20 million.
The day opened with some...
The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of the H-Block spectrum kicked off the week at a more heated clip that resulted in an additional $100 million in potential winning bids.
The auction of 10 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 1.9 GHz band surpassed $1.1 billion...
Bidders looking to snare H-Block spectrum hit the weekend having put up more than $400 million in potential winning bids as part of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96.
Through three days and nine rounds, 111 licenses had picked up bids totaling $401.3 million, adding...
The Federal Communications Commission is set this week to begin auctioning off 176, 10-megahertz spectrum licenses in the upper 1.9 GHz band known as the H-Block. The auction is scheduled to start on Jan. 22, with 23 bidders qualified to participate.
Qualified bidders include a...
Regional wireless operator Ntelos said it added 7,500 net customers during the fourth quarter of 2013, which was down slightly from the 9,300 customers the carrier added the previous year. The drop was attributed to a steep decline in prepaid growth, with the carrier...
LightSquared is hoping that the second time will be a charm as the bankrupt spectrum license holder and satellite communications provider has reportedly filed a second attempt to exit bankruptcy reorganization backed by a trio of investment firms.
Bloomberg reported that LightSquared has filed a...
Before we turn the page on 2013, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories across the mobile space. Since it would be foolish to rank these in order...
The most fantastically horrible rumor again surfaced this week claiming that Sprint was looking at acquiring T-Mobile US in a deal that would combine the nation’s No. 3 and No. 4 operators to form a new No. 3 operator.
LightSquared’s future remains unsettled as the investment firm that had tentatively agreed to purchase LightSquared’s assets out of bankruptcy has backed out of the deal.
According to The Wall Street Journal, LightSquared’s lawyers told a bankruptcy judge that Centerbridge Partners dropped out of the previously...
Weekend reports that Sprint was looking at acquiring T-Mobile US stirred the pot, though most observers found the taste not quite to their liking.
Following a report from The Wall Street Journal that Softbank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son was spearheading plans for Sprint to acquire...
What a week for spectrum news. For those of you not amazed by talk of billions of dollars worth of charged air currently running through your body, you may want to click on one of the other interesting stories we pump out each day
Dish Network may have been shut out on its attempt to acquire a stake in both Sprint and Clearwire, but the satellite television provider and wireless spectrum holder maintains an interest in infiltrating the wireless game.
Speaking to analysts following the release of third-quarter financial...
