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#TBT: Pandemic to delay 5G in Europe?; CBRS PALs auction underway; Huawei tops mobile device shipments … 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 the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Covid-19 expected to...

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...

$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...

FCC kicks off PALs auction

The Priority Access License auction for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum begins today with a single, six-hour bidding period. There are 271 qualified bidders participating in Auction 105, ranging from Tier 1 mobile network operators and cable companies to wireless internet service providers, electric...

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...

Cable providers, MNOs and others qualified to bid in CBRS auction

PAL auction to start July 23 Mobile network operators, cable companies and network providers large and small are set to compete for spectrum in the upcoming Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum auction, and they're being joined by universities, oil and gas companies and other unconventional...