The news: The FCC's auction of the 700 MHz spectrum occurred in early 2008 and initially it was thought that non-traditional bidders such as Google would compete with incumbent telecom players for some of the precious spectrum. On Jan. 15, the FCC released a final list of 214 qualified bidders for the auction and established specific reserve prices for the five blocks of 700 MHz spectrum:&nbs...

During the sixth round of bidding in the FCC's 700 MHz auction, the bidder on the coveted C Block of spectrum dropped their bid. The FCC does not disclose bidders identities until after the auction

During the sixth round of bidding in the FCC's 700 MHz auction, the bidder on the coveted nationwide C Block of spectrum lost their frontrunner status to bidders on each individual piece of the C

Auction 73 is over and Verizon and AT&T come out the big winners. What is Auction 73 you might ask. It is that big FCC auction of the 700 MHz broadband spectrum that is soon being vacated by analog broadcast TV. The 700 MHz spectrum is broken into five blocks A through E.

The FCC's auction for its potentially very lucrative 700 MHz slice of wireless spectrum in the United States has come to a close today.  Although the FCC will be keeping the winners of the auction under wraps for an unknown amount of time (including the winner of the highly sought-after open access C-block, which closed

The FCC has released a list of the companies that intend to bid in next year's auction for the rights to the 700 MHz wireless spectrum that will be available nationwide soon.

After seven rounds of bidding, the FCC has more than $5.3 billion in provisionally winning bids for its 700 MHz auction. There is, once again, a single bidder in the lead for the C Block of

Provisionally winning bids for the FCC's 700 MHz auction now total more than $6 billion, with the C Block's current pricetag making up about half that figure. After eight rounds of bidding the open

“Pull up a chair, this is going to be one entertaining auction. As the WSJ notes, the FCC today revealed that it has received applications from 266 potential bidders in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction.”

A small collection of E-Block licenses continued to generate interest among the few remaining active bidders in the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction. ... - Mike Dano