FCC Moves Forward on More Licenses From Incentive Auction
The FCC “approved for filing” long-form applications by mostly smaller carriers for licenses on which they were the high bidders in the TV incentive auction. The approval moves bidders a big step closer to taking possession of the licenses. The…
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licenses were bought by Carolina West Wireless, Cellular South, Chariton Valley Co-Op, CT Cube, East Kentucky Network, Inland Cellular, NE Colorado Cellular, Nsight Spectrum, Pine Cellular, SAL Spectrum, Spotlight Media and the Alaska Wireless Network, among others. The FCC approved 119 applications in all. Fifty bidders paid $19.3 billion for a total of 2,776 licenses. “The long-form applications … have been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing,” said the Wednesday public notice by the Incentive Auction Task Force and Wireless Bureau. “The Commission may return or dismiss any application if it is found, upon further examination, to be defective or not in conformance with the Commission’s rules.” Petitions to deny are due July 3, oppositions July 11, replies July 18. Last week, the FCC cleared the first group of licenses purchased in the auction (see 1706140048).