US FCC: 3.5GHz band auction held: total winning bid of $ 4.5 billion
Federal Communications Commission:
The latest frequency band auction “Auction 105” was held.
Auction 105:
Verizon has the most licenses.
Midband (3.5GHz band):
This time, the auction was for the midband (3.5GHz band) for 5G.
The total winning bid amounted to US $ 4.59 billion, of which US $ 1.9 billion was invested by Verizon.
Verizon received the most licenses for Auction 105.
Auction winning bid status:
Second place is Dish Network (participating through Wetterhorn Wireless)
The company has pledged to “cover 70% of the population by 2023” with a 35Mbps mobile network.
Three of the top five were cable companies eager to enter the mobile communications sector.
These three companies
Charter,
Comcast,
Cox Communications.
AT & T and T-Mobile Trends:
AT & T and T-Mobile are likely to spend a lot of money at a large auction in December 2020.
The next auction is expected to target the C band (280MHz band) for CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service).
EE Times Japan
https://eetimes.jp/ee/articles/2009/10/news075.html
FCC Announces Winning Bidders of 3.5 GHz Band Auction | Federal Communications Commission
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-announces-winning-bidders-35-ghz-band-auction