FCC released filing requirements, minimum opening bids and other ...
FCC released filing requirements, minimum opening bids and other procedures for the May 28 auction of licenses in the lower 700 MHz band. In Jan., the Wireless Bureau had pushed the start date of the auction of these licenses…
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from April 16 to May 28 to provide additional time for bidder preparation and planning. The spectrum to be auctioned includes 251 C-block licenses at 710-716 MHz and 740-746 MHz. Also included are 5 D-block licenses at 716-722 MHz, which had been unsold in the lower 700 MHz auction that closed in Sept. Last year, the FCC adopted allocation and service rules for the lower 700 MHz band, reallocating the entire 48 MHz there to fixed and mobile services and retaining the current broadcast allocation for new broadcast services and incumbents during the DTV transition. FCC will hold an auction seminar on April 2, with short form applications due by April 11. Upfront payments are due May 2, with a mock auction set for May 22.