Major Carriers, Dish Among 3.45 GHz Qualified Bidders
The FCC said 33 companies qualified to bid in the 3.45 GHz auction, which starts Oct. 5. Nine applications were deemed incomplete. Verizon is now qualified. AT&T, T-Mobile, Dish Network and UScellular are among the heavy hitters that had already…
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qualified. Cable operators and big tech companies will sit out the auction of mid-band spectrum for 5G (see 2108180047). Among the potential bidders that didn’t qualify are Bluegrass Network, Frontier Communications, 3D Built, 5G Alliance Utah, 5Global 3535, Resound Networks, Ring Strategy Partners and W.A.T.C.H. TV. Fifty-seven qualified bidders were in the C-band auction, which was dominated by major carriers.