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FCC spectrum auction bidding slows as agency plans to increase pace The Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 proceedings crawled over the $40 billion mark this morning, as overall activity slowed …

New York City license tops $2.5B, Los Angeles surpasses $2B Another day, another billion dollars in the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97, which this morning surpassed $39.5 billion in total …

The Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 came out of the Thanksgiving break with some momentum as this morning’s opening round generated $268 million in proceeds from 292 bids. The auction, …

Through this morning’s round 36, total bids in the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 topped $37.8 billion with 256 new bids placed in the latest round totaling $356.7 billion. The …

Big markets continue to feed record-setting auction Bidders in the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 look to be parsing back activity heading into the upcoming holiday break, with total new …

Total potential winning bids for the ongoing Auction 97 proceedings have now nearly matched the combined proceeds gleaned from the three previous significant spectrum auctions, with no end yet in …

Auction 97 action blew past the $30 billion mark Friday morning as bidders continued to throw billions of dollars at the 1,614 spectrum licenses up for grabs. Following this morning’s …

FirstNet receives $7 billion funding FirstNet, you’re one of the first good things to come out of government funds in a while. To understand what FirstNet is, why it’s so …

The need for spectrum is becoming grossly apparent as bidding in the ongoing Federal Communications Commission Auction 97 has surpassed just about every estimate through one week of bidding. Following …

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spectrum auction bids passed the $16 billion mark on Tuesday, far in excess of the federal regulatory body’s $10.5 billion minimum goal. Round 16 of bidding …

Round 12 of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 of AWS-3 spectrum closed with $10.5 billion in bids, already topping the minimum bid amount set by the FCC. Yesterday’s bidding …

The Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 is already more than halfway to the agency’s minimum goal of $10.5 billion in total auction proceeds. At the end of today’s first round, …

After just four rounds of bidding, the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 has surpassed $2.8 billion, or just over one quarter of the auction’s total reserve price. At the end of …

T-Mobile US goes to the Supreme Court You’ve heard of someone not taking no for an answer, but T-Mobile US took a city’s refusal to the highest court in the land. This …

In just the first round, the Federal Communications Commission quickly garnered nearly 20% of what it was hoping to generate from Auction 97, with more than 1,000 licenses attracting bids totaling …

The Federal Communications Commission is set to begin its second wireless spectrum auction of the year this week, with 70 bidders officially qualified to participate in Auction 97. Those participants …

The already contentious net neutrality issue became even more so this week as the president laid out his thoughts on the subject, which drew threats of legal action from at least …

AT&T continues to counter T-Mobile US’ requests that the Federal Communications Commission move forward with clarifying the “commercially reasonable” standard in its 2011 data roaming rule. Joan Marsh, VP of …

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a court complaint against AT&T Mobility over the mobile operator’s throttling of data speeds for “unlimited” data customers. The court action, which was coordinated …

The Federal Communications Commission’s ambitious plan to auction off 600 MHz spectrum licenses returned by broadcasters has been pushed until at least 2016. The FCC was looking to hold the …

With consumer demand for mobile services continuing to grow, the Federal Communications Commission is looking to free up additional spectrum assets that would allow mobile operators to meet the demand. …

The Federal Communications Commission late last week rolled out a notice of proposed rulemaking connected to bidding plans for the planned spectrum auction of 600 MHz licenses. The NPRM includes …

Washington state taxes its citizens the most when it comes to wireless services, with a new report from Tax Foundation showing a combined federal, state and local tax rate totaling …

RCR Wireless News recently spoke with Trey Hanbury, a partner in Hogan Lovell’s Washington, D.C., office and a member of the law firm’s Technology, Media and Telecoms practice, on a …