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...
Bidders in the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction continued their squabble over just under 100 licenses that appear to remain in play. The opening three rounds of bidding today drew 93, 99 and 100 new bids, which was a bump from the...
Auction 73's slow creep towards exhaustion continues unabated with new bids remaining below triple figures, though interspersed with the occasional head scratcher. So it was yesterday afternoon when a bid popped up for the then unclaimed C-Block license package covering Guam, the Northern Marina...
Perhaps taking a cue from "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King," the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz auction is teasing us with the potential that it could all be over very shortly. New bids dropped to double digits during the three opening...
The Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction slogged past the $19.3 billion mark yesterday afternoon on its slowing march to an eventual conclusion that analysts note might not come until the end of the month. The final three rounds of bidding conducted yesterday...
The Federal Communication Commission's Auction 73 picked up this morning where it left off on Friday with new bids continuing to slowly shrink and new potential winning bid amounts adding smaller amounts to the auction's total purse.Click here for complete 700 MHz auction coverage....
The Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz auction headed into its third weekend on a slow, but steady pace. Some, or all - we won't know until the auction is over due to the FCC's blind-bidding rules - of the 199 bidders left in the...
The Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz auction began its first day of six rounds-per-day bidding pretty much the way it left the previous five rounds-per-day of bidding: A dwindling number of new bids focused on the A, B and C Block that are adding...
The rut continued in the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz auction with the final rounds of the day mirroring what transpired during the opening three rounds. Rounds 44 and 45 received 172 and 174 new bids respectively, with additional potential winning bids totaling $14.3...
The grind is on. After topping the $19 billion mark yesterday -- prodded by some arm-twisting from the Federal Communications Commission -- the 700 MHz auction resumed this morning with a trio of rounds, each slower than the previous one. Round 41 was good...
The Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz auction slowly crawled past the $19 billion mark this afternoon. Bidders laid down 203 bids during round 40, the last round of the day, adding $19.7 million to a total auction pot of $19.02 billion.Click here for complete...
Sensing a slowdown in the proceedings, the Federal Communications Commission instituted its so-called "Stage Two Transition" beginning with this morning's round 36, effectively requiring 700 MHz auction participants to keep bidding or quit the game. The rule stipulates that bidders must be active on...
Apparently it wasn't a Super Bowl hangover.
Bidding in the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction continued to slow today as bidders placed only 582 new bids during five rounds, adding just over $113 million to the auction's total haul. That number is...
The Bush administration proposed imposing spectrum fees on the cellular element of hybrid mobile satellite service networks as part of s $3.1 trillion budget sent to Congress. MSS operators are banking on the ancillary terrestrial component, or ATC, to revive an industry sector that...
The 700 MHz spectrum auction took another unexpected turn today as bidding on individual C-Block licenses usurped the previous high bid for a package of eight C-Block licenses covering the 50 states. While the Federal Communication Commission's Auction 73 continues to operate under blind-bidding...
If Google does manage to exit the 700 MHz spectrum auction with a substantial chunk of airwaves, it will be interesting to see what it plans to do with it. Most observers said they would be surprised if Google were to win spectrum; most...
Bidding in the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz auction continued to slow throughout today, though enough money has been thrown around to push total potential winning bids past $18.5 billion after round 26. Auction 73 is now set for a well-deserved weekend break, after...
