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...
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 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...
Almost 18 months after the advanced wireless services spectrum auction wrapped, carriers are on the verge of commercially launching networks and devices that make use of the recently cleared 1.7/2.1 GHz spectrum bands.Although the carrier hasn't launched any AWS markets yet, Leap Wireless International...
So let us get this straight. 100,000 developers paid $100 a piece to download Apple's new SDK for the iPhone. We are no math majors, but doesn't that translate to like $10 million? Apple is amazing.-------------------------------FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is in so much trouble...
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. We...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The number of new bids in the Federal Communication Commission's ongoing 700 MHz spectrum auction held steady at around 50 during each of this morning's rounds, showing continued interest in a small number of A-, B- and E-Block licenses.Bidders grabbed at the A-Block license...
E-Block licenses continued to draw the biggest bids at the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction sputtered along.The block received $9.1 million in new bids during today's first three rounds, nearly matching the $9.3 million it drew during the same period yesterday. B-Block...
Attention again centered on B-Block licenses as the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction slogged on.B-Block licenses received 45, 47 and 48 new bids in today's first three rounds, as the auction's total potential winning bid amount rose to $19.467 billion. Overall activity...
