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#TBT: Verizon expands FWA; Bell Canada launches 5G; Gearing up for the CBRS PALs auction … this week in 2020

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Verizon expands initial...

John Deere, CBRS and smart factories: ‘We know there’s way more to this than the spectrum’

John Deere plans to use its new CBRS Priority Access Licenses in five U.S. counties as the fuel for its smart industrial ambitions and deploying 5G. Flexibility on factory floor configuration, support for dense IoT connectivity and the ability to handle large amounts of...

CBRS gains more support from Infovista, Select Spectrum

With the Priority Access License Auction concluded, the Citizens Broadband Radio Service continues to expand its ecosystem related to the secondary PALs market and network planning tools. Select Spectrum, a secondary spectrum broker, said this week (pdf) that it plans to launch on web-based platform,...

PALs auction wraps up, raises more than $4.58 billion

The CBRS Priority Access License auction has concluded after 76 rounds and raising more than $4.58 billion in bids. The auction of spectrum at 3.55-3.65 GHz, which began July 23, was the single largest auction by number of licenses that the Federal Communications Commission has...

PALs auction nears $4.6 billion, 10 licenses still contested

The Priority Access License bidding is down to just 10 licenses still being contested. The Federal Communications Commission seeks to move bidding along by adding a fifth daily round of bidding, starting tomorrow. After 67 rounds, Auction 105 has raised more than $4.58 billion in...

PALs: Bidding narrows as auction clears $4 billion

As the Priority Access License auction closes out another week of bidding, the focus of bidders has narrowed, with fewer than 100 licenses still in contention. Bidding in the Priority Access License auction moves to four rounds today; four additional rounds are scheduled for Monday. After...

PALs auction: $3 billion and counting

The Priority Access License auction has raised $3 billion in bids after 34 rounds. The number of licenses that are still seeing competitive bids is now at about 256 counties out of the more than 3,200 counties in the U.S. and its territories. According to analysis...

PALs auction: $2.2 billion and winding toward conclusion

The Priority Access License auction appears to be winding down, with licenses still in contention in fewer than 350 U.S. counties out of more than 3,200. As of the close of 28 rounds of bidding, the auction had raised nearly $2.2 billion in bids from...

PALs auction raises $1.6 billion in bids

After 23 rounds, the Federal Communications Commission’s Priority Access License auction has raised a little more than $1.6 billion in bids from its 271 qualified bidders. The PALs with the highest prices as of the close of Round 23 are: Los Angeles county, CA: $16...

$1 billion in PALs bids and counting

After 16 rounds, the Federal Communications Commission's Priority Access License auction has raised a little more than $1 billion in bids from its 271 qualified bidders. The PALs with the highest prices as of the close of Round 16 are: Los Angeles county, CA: $8.2...

PALs auction update: $830 million and cruising

  The Priority Access License has raised nearly $832 million in bids after 13 rounds, including more than $56 million in the 13th round. The auction continues to show an unusual bidding pattern, compared to typical auctions that are dominated by large mobile network operators focused...

PALs auction surpasses $500 million in bids

Auction moves to three daily rounds After seven rounds of bidding, the Priority Access License auction of Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum at 3.5 GHz has raked in $554 million in bids, as of the close of the seventh round of bidding. The auction continues to...

PALs auction: First-day bidding hints at a shake-up

The Priority Access License auction was meant to be unlike anything the industry has seen before. The sheer number of licenses and their county-level size were designed to attract new types of companies to spectrum-holding and make it feasible for them to compete for...

Four CBRS predictions

The Citizens Broadband Radio Service has a lot going for it: a 150-megahertz slice of midband spectrum, a substantial device and equipment ecosystem and early commercial deployments that were given a full go-head by the Federal Communications Commission in January of this year. But...

271 bidders will compete for CBRS PALs

With just a few weeks to go before the auction of Priority Access Licenses for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band at 3.5 GHz, 271 bidders are set to compete for the more than 22,000 licenses across the U.S. The FCC's list of qualified bidders...

Get ready for the PAL auction (Analyst Angle)

In July, the FCC will begin an auction for Priority Access Licenses (PALs) in the CBRS band.    In each county, bidders will be seeking access to spectrum that won’t be disrupted by general (unlicensed) users.    They can use the band already General...

FCC sets rules for CBRS PALs auction

PALs auction will offer up 22,631 county-level licenses On the heels of a millimeter wave auction which featured the largest amount of spectrum ever put forth for auction in the U.S., the next Federal Communications Commission auction is chasing a different superlative: the most licenses...

FCC gives CBRS the nod for full commercial deployment

PAL auction scheduled to begin in June The Federal Communications Commission officially gave the nod yesterday for full commercial deployment in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service shared spectrum, certifying CommScope, Federated Wireless, Google and Sony as Spectrum Access System administrators for a five-year period. The FCC...

FCC proposes PAL auction rules, June 2020 start date

"Hallelujah!" says Commissioner Michael O'Rielly The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously approved a proposal for rules governing the auction of Priority Access Licenses in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service, with a proposed auction start date of June 25, 2020. The CBRS band "holds the...