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mWave auction jumps to seven daily rounds

As the ongoing millimeter wave auction moves closer to conclusion, the Federal Communications Commission is bumping up the number of daily bidding rounds from five to seven, and shortening them from 30 minutes to 20 minutes. The additional rounds of bidding start today. This is...

mmWave auction at $7.4 billion and counting

As of round 61 of Auction 103, only 11 licenses have more demand than supply The Federal Communications Commission auction of millimeter wave licenses has now raised more than $7.4 billion in bids, with bidding in the auction's clock phase drawing closer to conclusion as...

Spectrum auction rounds increase as bidding slows

The ongoing millimeter wave spectrum auction is moving to five rounds of bidding each day, up from three, as bidding slows to a trickle with $6.7 billion raised after 38 rounds. Today is the first day of five bidding rounds, and the bidding total raised...

mmWave auction adds another $1 billion in bids

The Federal Communications Commission's ongoing millimeter wave auction has added another billion in bids, bringing the total to more than $6.1 billion. Bidding resumed yesterday after a break for the holidays. More than 14,100 licenses are up for grabs across three mmWave bands in Auction 103: the...

mmWave auction bids reach $1.4 billion

Bidding in the Federal Communications Commission's latest auction of millimeter wave spectrum has reached more than $1.4 billion, after three days and eight rounds. Three more rounds will be held today, with three rounds per day to be held next week as well. The latest Spectrum...

FCC’s latest mmWave auction raises $637 million in first round

Editor's note: This story has been updated. Bidding kicked off Tuesday in the Federal Communications Commission's largest-ever spectrum auction. The latest Spectrum Frontiers auction of millimeter wave bands has raised more than $637 million in its first round of bidding. By the end of the...