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FCC releases full list of applicants for 700 MHz auction: Qualcomm to bid, while T-Mobile USA could sit it out

The Federal Communications Commission said it received 266 applications for the 700 MHz auction, with small and rural telephone companies dominating a field that also includes leading mobile-phone operators, Google Inc., EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., and some surprises.

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Nearly two-thirds of the applications were deemed incomplete and must be resubmitted with corrections by the new upfront payment deadline of Jan. 4. The auction, which is predicted to pull in as much as $15 billion for the U.S. Treasury, is set to begin Jan. 24.

AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest cellular carriers, plan to compete for licenses, while the other two national carriers, Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc., apparently will sit it out. Leading regional carriers Alltel Corp., Leap Wireless International L.L.C. and MetroPCS Communications Inc. are in the mix. So is CDMA technology king Qualcomm Inc. Another 700 MHz applicant, Silicon Valley-backed startup Frontline Wireless L.L.C., plans to bid on the national commercial/public-safety license.

The cable TV and broadcasting (terrestrial and satellite) sectors are represented as well by Bright House Networks, Cox Communications Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp., EchoStar, Public Broadcasting Service and Catholic Church Brooklyn (as Trans Video Communications Inc.)

Joining Internet search giant Google, which is expected to bid on the open-access 22 megahertz C Block, is Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen, who filed as Vulcan Spectrum L.L.C.

The following applicants have an Initial filing phase status of "Accepted" by the FCC:

Adams Telcom, Inc.
Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.
AlasConnect, Inc.
Aristotle Inc.
AWS Spectrum, LLC
Bayou Internet, Inc.
BEK Communications Cooperative
Bend Cable Communications, LLC
Blanca Telephone Company
Blue Sky Cell, LLC
Bluegrass Wireless LLC
Bresnan Communications, Inc.
Broadband Wireless Unlimited, LLC
Budget Phone
Cavalier Wireless, LLC
Central Texas Telephone Investments, LP
Chariton Valley Communication Corporation, Inc.
Chester Telephone Company
Clearcom, Inc.
COLI INc
Command Connect, LLC
Cricket Licensee 2007, LLC
Cross Telephone Company, LLC
CTC Telcom, Inc.
Data-Max Wireless LLC
Delmarva Broadband LLC
Ellijay Telephone Company
Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc.
Farmers Telephone Company, Inc.
Fidelity Communications Company
Forum Communications Company
FTC Management Group, Inc.
Glenwood Telephone Membership, Corporation
Golden Belt Telephone Association, Inc.
Google Airwaves Inc.
Grain Spectrum LLC
Great American Broadband, Inc.
GreenFly LLC
H & B Communications, Inc.
Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Inland Cellular Telephone Company
IT&E Overseas, Inc.
KeyOn Spectrum Holdings, LLC
Kinex Networking Solutions, Inc.
Kingdom Telephone Company
Kurian, Thomas K
Lackawaxen Long Distance Company, Inc.
Landover PCS Holdings, LLC
MAC Wireless, LLC
Manti Telephone Company
Medicine Park Telephone Company, Inc.
Midwest AWS Limited Partnership
Miller, David
Mt. Vernnon.Net Inc.
MTN3B Consortium
Mulberry Cooperative Telephone Company, Inc
N.E. Colorado Wireless Technologies, Inc.
Neptuno Media
Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company
Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company
Northern Iowa Communications Partners, LLC
Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
PBP Bidco LLC
PCS Partners, L.P.
Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Polar Communications Mutual Aid Corporation
Public Service Wireless Services, Inc.
Red River Rural Telephone Association, Inc.
Sandhill Communications, LLC
Siskiyou Telephone Company
Small Ventures USA, L.P.
Spectrum Acquisitions, Inc.
Star Telephone Membership Corporation
Swayzee Telephone Co. Inc.
TCT West, Inc.
Terra World Communications, LLC
The Chillicothe Telephone Company
The Tri-County Telephone Association, Inc.
The World Company
Towerstream Corporation
Tri-Valley Communications, LLC
Triad 700, LLC
USA Choice Internet Services Company LLC
Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Van Buren Wireless, Inc.
Vavasi NexGen Inc.
Vermont Telephone Company, Inc.
Vulcan Spectrum LLC
Washington County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc
West Wisconsin Telcom Cooperative, Inc.
Wi
Wireless Communications Venture
Worldcall Inc.
WUE, Inc.
Xpressweb Internet Services, Inc.

The following applicants have an Initial filing phase status of "Incomplete" by the FCC (althought that doesn’t mean they won’t compete)

585 Consortium
 ACS Wireless License Sub, Inc.
 Advance/Newhouse Partnership
 Agri-Valley Communications, Inc.
 Alltel Corporation
 Altazip Inc
 Americas Communications LLC
 AMTS Consortium
 AST Telecom, LLC
 AT&T Mobility Spectrum, LLC
 Backline
 Bascom Long Distance, Inc.
 Bay Electronics, Inc.
 BI Solutions
 Blaze Broadband LLC Y
 Blue Valley Tele-Communications, Inc.
 BlueBird Telecommunications Ltd.
 Bluewater Wireless, L.P.
 BPS Telephone Company
 Buffalo-Lake Erie Wireless Systems Co., L.L.C.
 Buggs Island Telephone Cooperative
 C&W Enterprises, Inc.
 Cable Montana LLC

 Cascade Access, L.L.C.
 Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
 Cellular South Licenses, Inc.
 Central Wisconsin Communications, Inc.
 CenturyTel Broadband Wireless LLC
 Chequamegon Communications Cooperative, Inc.
 CHEVRON USA INC.
 Choice Phone LLC
 Churchill County Telephone d/b/a CC Communications
 Cincinnati Bell Wireless LLC
 Citizens Mutual Telephone Cooperative
 CloudComm Corporation
 Club 42 CM Limited Partnership
 Columbia Cellular, Inc.
 Comporium Wireless, LLC
 Computer Techniques, Inc.
 ComSouth Tellular, Inc.
 Continuum 700 LLC
 Cooper Fowler Media Company
 Copper Valley Wireless, Inc.
 Corn Belt Telephone Company, Inc.
 Cox Wireless, Inc.
 CRT Holdings, Inc.
 CSC Spectrum Holdings LLC
 CSConnect Inc.
 Cumby Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
 Danville Mutual Telephone Company
 Day Management Corporation
 Denali Spectrum License, LLC
 Dragon Arch, Inc.
 East Ascension Telephone Company, LLC
 East Kentucky Network, LLC
 Eastern Colorado Wireless II, LLC
 Faithfone Wireless Incorporated
 First Mile Holdings, Inc.
 FMTC Wireless, Inc.
 Frontier Wireless LLC Y
 FWC Communications, Inc.
 Glass, Laurence B
 Gold Radio Group, LLC
 Grand River Communication, Inc.
 Granite State Long Distance, Inc.
 Green Hills Area Cellular Telephone, Inc.
 Greene Productions, Inc.
 Guam Cellular & Paging
 Hemingford Cooperative Telephone Company
 hoffman, mitchell
 Huxley Communications Corp.
I-700, LLC
 IdeaOne Telecom Group, LLC
 Independents Fiber Network, LLC
 Innovative Communication Corporation
 Iowa Intelegra Consortium, LLC
 Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.
 JAMES KALANZI OVERSEAS LIMITED
 James Valley Cooperative Telephone Company
 JENSEN, JOEL D
 johnson, james w
 JOYTEL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS INC
 Kaplan Telephone Company, Inc.
 KerrComm, LLC
 King Street Wireless, L.P.
 Kotchen, David T
 KTC AWS Limited Partnership
 LCDW Wireless Limited Partnership
 LCFR, LLC
 Lexcom, Inc.
 Licenseco, LLC
 Ligtel Communications, Inc.
 LL License Holdings, LLC
 Lynch Wireless Broadband Company, LLC
 maxima international llc
 MCBRIDE SPECTRUM PARTNERS, LLC
 McDonald County Telephone Company
 Mediapolis Telephone Company
 Megrim Co
 MetroPCS 700 MHz, LLC
 MH Telecom, LLC
 Mid-Missouri Telephone Company
 Miles Communications Corp
 Missouri Valley Wireless, LLC
 Moore & Liberty Telephone Company
 Morsetone Partners
 MTA Communications, Inc.
 Muenster Telephone Corporation of Texas
 Muskrat Wireless, LP
 National Datacast, Inc.
 NatTel, LLC
 Navajo Department of Information Technology
 New Ulm Telecom, Inc.
 North Dakota Network Company
 Northern New Mexico Telecom, Inc.
 Northwest Missouri Cellular Limited Partnership
 NSIGHTTEL WIRELESS, LLC
 Nunn Communications, LLC
 OACYS Technology
 Office of Spectral Ecology
 PageData Holdings LLC
 Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
 PART-15.ORG
 Pine Cellular Phones, Inc.
 Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
 Poka Lambro Telecommunications, LTD
 PTI Pacifica, Inc.
 Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc.
 Pulse Mobile LLC
 PVT Networks, Inc.
 QUALCOMM Incorporated
 Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc.
 Rand Garetto
 Redwood Wireless Corp.
 Reiter, Scott D
 Robinson, Jack E
 RONAN TELEPHONE COMPANY
 Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc.
 SAL Spectrum, LLC
 SeaBytes, L.L.C.
 Sierra Advantage, Inc.
 Sierra Cellular, Inc.
 Sky Com 700 MHZ, LLC
 Slopeside Internet
 Socket Telecom LLC
 Sonar Radio Corporation
 Surry Telecommunications, Inc.
 Telesaurus VPC LLC
 TerraNovaNet, Inc
 The Pioneer Telephone Association, Inc.
 The Ponderosa Telephone Co.
 The S&T Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc.
 Three River Telco
 Toba Inlet PCS, LLC
 Trans Video Communications, Inc.
 Unified Communications Corporation
 Union Telephone Company
 United Wireless Communications Inc.
 USA Broadband LLC
 USCC AUCTION 73,, LLC
 VentureTel 700,, Inc.
 West Carolina Communications, LLC
 Western Iowa Telephone Association
 Whidbey Telephone Company
 world network
 WWW Broadband, LLC
 Xanadoo 700 MHz DE, LLC
 Xittel telecommunications inc.
 XPEDIAN.COM, INC.
 Zephyr Holdings

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