The FCC will auction 38 broadband PCS licenses, starting May 16, ...
The FCC will auction 38 broadband PCS licenses, starting May 16, including licenses unsold in earlier auctions or given back “as a result of… cancellation or termination.” No tier one licenses, serving markets of at least 2.5 million population,…
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are included. Some licenses originally were limited to “entrepreneurs” in closed bidding, a restriction that doesn’t apply to unsold licenses from any auction begun after March 22, 1999, the FCC Wireless Bureau said. So some unsold “entrepreneur” licenses will be sold in open bidding, with others still subject to closed bidding. The bureau wants comments by Dec. 4, replies by Dec. 11, on competitive bidding procedures for the auction. The agency proposes a standard simultaneous multiple-round format offering all licenses at the same time in bidding rounds that don’t end until bidding stops on every license. It also wants comment on whether to limit disclosure of bidder “interests and identities.” The auction will be via Internet, with phone bidding an option.