Broadband Communities

First FCC spectrum auction in 4 years yields $3.5 billion

The FCC's completed spectrum auction marks a comeback for the commission's auction program following a lapse in congressional ...

US spectrum auction raises $3.5 billion, will fund replacing Chinese telecom equipment

By David Shepardson June 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Thursday an auction of wireless ...
TV Tech

FCC Raises $3.5 Billion in AWS-3 Wireless Auction

In the run-up to forthcoming Upper C-Band auction, the FCC said that the better than expected results shows that the FCC’s ...
The Next Web

A US spectrum auction just raised $3.5B to pay for ripping out Huawei

The FCC’s AWS-3 auction raised about $3.5B, with up to $3.3B set to repay the Treasury loan behind the rip-and-replace programme.
Phone Scoop

FCC Auctions 5G Spectrum Licenses for $3.5 Billion

Aug 14, 2023 Verizon is now cleared to use 100% of the C-band spectrum it won in an FCC auction in 2021. This relatively new ...
Yahoo

Wireless Capacity Is Running Thin, but Spectrum Auctions Can Save 5G

The future of the internet is becoming increasingly more mobile. Cars, remote patient monitoring devices, and smart houses all run on some form of wireless internet. Even most consumer-facing ...
CNET

Spectrum auctions not in debt ceiling agreement

Authorization for spectrum auctions was not part of Congress's debt ceiling agreement that will be voted on, but it could still become part of a broader legislative plan to generate more cash for the ...