C-Band, CBRS Auctions to Generate $55 Billion in Proceeds, Analyst Says
The C-band auction will likely generate $52 billion in proceeds, the citizens broadband radio service auction another $3 billion, with Verizon likely the biggest buyer of spectrum, followed by AT&T, T-Mobile, Dish Network and then cable operators and others, New…
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Street Research's Jonathan Chaplin emailed investors Tuesday. The wireless carriers need as much C-band spectrum as they can get, but cable's needs are more modest due to its ubiquitous high-capacity fixed infrastructure, and 20 MHz-40 MHz of CBRS spectrum would constitute auction success, he said.