Summary

April 27, 1999 - May 12, 1999
Rounds:
43
Bidding Days:
12
Qualified Bidders:
90
Winning Bidders:
40 bidders won 161 licenses
Gross Bids:
$65,244,000
Net Bids:
$45,064,450
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Charts Files
Maps & Band Plans
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General Information

 

 

 
Auction Announcements
Auction Programs
Bidder Cross Reference (dbf)
NGSO/MSS Feeder Link Earth Station Information (pdf)
filed pursuant to 47 C.F.R. sec. 101.103(h) by Motorola.

Winning Bidders

5/14/1999
 

Qualified Bidders

4/16/1999
 

Applications to Participate

4/5/1999
 

Procedures

Bidder Information Package

Tab A: pdf 
Tab B: pdf 
Tab C: pdf 
Tab D: pdf 
Tab E: pdf 

 

Fact Sheet

Date:

Auction 23 began on 4/27/1999 and closed on 5/12/1999.

Round 43 (See PN DA 99-927)
Licenses:
161 LMDS licenses awarded in various BTAs throughout the continental United States and Puerto Rico. The reauctioned spectrum includes 121 Block A licenses and 40 Block B licenses.
See Basic Trading Area (BTA) map (pdf)
Spectrum:

Block A: 27,500-28,350 MHz; 29,100-29,250 MHz and 31,075-31,225 MHz Bands
Block B: 31,000-31,075 MHz and 31,225-31,300 MHz Bands

Bandwidth:
1 A block license (1,150 MHz each)
1 B block license (150 MHz)
See LMDS Bandplan (pdf)
Winning Bidders:
40 bidders won 161 licenses
Rounds:
43
Qualified Bidders:
90
Licenses Won:
161
Total Licenses:
161
Net Bids:
$45,064,450
Gross Bids:
$65,244,000

 

 

EventDate
Pre-Auction Seminar
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Deadline
3/29/1999; 5:30 pm ET
Upfront Payments Deadline
4/12/1999; 6:00 pm ET
Orders for Remote Bidding Software
4/13/1999; 5:30 pm ET
Mock Auction
4/22/1999
Auction Start
4/27/1999
Auction Closed
5/12/1999
Releases P
 

5/14/1999
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 99-927)

Auction of Local Multi-point Distribution Service (LMDS) Licenses

This Public Notice announces the closing of the LMDS auction, Auction No. 23. It also provides detailed information concerning winning bidders, down payments, bid withdrawal payments and/or deposits, default payments, FCC Form 601 and 602 filing requirements, etc.
 

4/16/1999
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 99-742)

Auction of Local Multi-point Distribution Service (LMDS) Licenses

Auction of 161 Local Multipoint Distribution Service Licenses; Announcing the Qualified Bidders; Notice of License Inventory Change

4/5/1999
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 99-639)

Auction of 168 Local Multipoint Distribution Service Licenses

This public notice announces the status of applications to participate in the LMDS Auction scheduled to begin on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.

1/29/1999
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 99-266)

Auction of Local Multipoint Distribution Service Spectrum, Auction Notice and Filing Requirements for 168 Local Multipoint Distribution Service Licenses Scheduled for April 27, 1999, Minimum Opening Bids and Other Procedural Issues

This public notice announces the procedures and minimum opening bids for the upcoming LMDS auction.
 

11/6/1998
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 98-2266)

Local Multipoint Distribution Service Spectrum Re-Auction of 168 Licenses Scheduled for April 27, 1999; Application Filing Deadline Set for March 29, 1999, Comment Sought on Reserve Prices or Minimum Opening Bids and Other Auction Procedures

This Public Notice announces reauction of 168 Local Multipoint Distribution Service ("LMDS") licenses set to begin on April 27, 1998, and seeks comment on procedural issues relating to the LMDS reauction.
pdf - text 
Attachment A: xls 

 
Releases L

10/31/2006
LETTER (DA 06-2142)

Final Bid Withdrawal Payments for Auction No. 17, ENMR Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

 

10/31/2006
LETTER (DA 06-2125)

Final Bid Withdrawal Payment for Auction No. 17, ABS LMDS Venture

 

10/31/2006
LETTER (DA 06-2141)

Final Bid Withdrawal Payments for Auction No. 17, Eclipse Communications Corporation

10/31/2006
LETTER (DA 06-2135)

Final Bid Withdrawal Payment for Auction No. 17, Catfish Communications, LLC

10/31/2006
LETTER (DA 06-2149)

Final Bid Withdrawal Payment for Auction No. 17, Highspeed.com, LLC

10/31/2006
LETTER (DA 06-2166)

Final Bid Withdrawal Payment for Auction No. 17, NUCOM

10/31/2006
LETTER (DA 06-2174)

Final Bid Withdrawal Payments for Auction No. 17, SKSW LMDS Venture

4/19/1999
LETTER (DA 99-732)

Letter to Mr. James A. Rech, representing Landmark Site Development, L.L.C. ("Landmark")

This letter denies Landmark's request for waiver of the deadlines for resubmission of its short-form application (FCC Form 175) and upfront payment deadlines.(LMDS).

4/13/1999
LETTER (DA 99-706)

Letter to Mr. John D. Szuchan, representing On Target, L.L.C. ("Target"), dated April 13, 1999

This letter denies Target's request for a waiver of the short-form application submission deadline for Auction No. 23 (LMDS).

4/13/1999
LETTER (DA 99-692)

Letter to Sylvia Lesse, counsel for Elite JV ("Elite"), DA 99-692

This letter denies Elite's March 30, 1999 request for waiver of the short-form application submission deadline rules.

4/9/1999
LETTER (DA 99-690)

Letter to John A. Prendergast, Esquire, counsel for New Wave Networks, L.L.C. ("New Wave")

This letter set forth the default payment obligations and procedures for New Wave resulting from its failure to remit the total payment required on licenses obtained in the LMDS auction (Auction 17).

 

Releases O

3/17/2000
ORDER (DA 00-556)

In the Matter of LMDS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Request for Waiver of Sections 1.2109(a) and (c),1.2104(g) and 101.1105(b) of the Commission?s Rules Regarding BTA117, BTA122, BTA203,BTA215, BTA218, BTA287, BTA317, BTA328,BTA330, BTA335, BTA375 and BTA416

This Order addresses a request for waiver of Sections 1.2109(a) and (c), 1.2104(g) and 101.1105(b) of the Commission's Rules filed by LMDS Communications, Inc.

Attachment A: xls 
Attachment B: text - Word 

 

 

8/27/1999
ORDER (DA 99-1726)

In the Matter of Request for Waiver of Section 1.2104(g) of the Commission's Rules filed by Grand Connectivity, L.L.C.

This Order denies Grand Connectivity's waiver request, assesses an initial default payment, and returns the remaining portion of Grand Connectivity's upfront payment.
pdf - text 
Attachment A: xls 
Attachment B: text 

 

8/17/1999
ORDER (DA 99-1642)

In the Matter of Request for Waiver of Section 101.1003(a) of the Commission's Rules Establishing Eligibility Restrictions on Incumbent LECs and Cable Operators in the Local Multipoint Distribution Service

This Order denies five petitions for reconsideration of an earlier Order denying ten requests for waiver of Section 101.1003(a) of the Commission's Rules.
pdf - text - Word

 

1/20/1999
ORDER (DA 99-204)

In the Matter of Petition for Reconsideration of Schedule for Auction of 168 Licenses in the Local Multipoint Distribution Service

On November 6, 1998, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau ("Bureau") announced that an auction for Local Multipoint Distribution Service ("LMDS") spectrum, Auction Event No. 23, would begin on April 27, 1999.

 
 

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