FCC launches Auction 113, first spectrum auction in four years, offering 200 AWS-3 licenses
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Michael Robuck
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Summary
The FCC has launched its first spectrum auction in four years (Auction 113), offering 200 licenses in the AWS-3 bands (1695–1710 MHz, 1755–1780 MHz, and 2155–2180 MHz). These frequencies were originally auctioned to Dish Network in 2014 but never entered service due to defaults and bid withdrawals. Major bidders include AT&T, T-Mobile US, Verizon, and potentially SpaceX.
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· 3 pulledThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened its first spectrum auction in four years, putting 200 licences on the block for bidding by AT&T, T-Mobile US, Verizon and possibly SpaceX.
Auction 113, formally known as the AWS-3 auction, includes licences covering frequencies in the 1695–1710 MHz, 1755–1780 MHz and 2155–2180 MHz bands.
Those frequencies were originally auctioned to Dish Network, which is now part of EchoStar, in 2014 but never made it into service after a series of defaults and bid withdrawals left them sitting.
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