Summary
January 14, 2004 - January 27, 2004
Rounds:
49
Bidding Days:
9
Qualified Bidders:
14
Winning Bidders:
10 bidders won 192 licenses
Gross Bids:
$136,936,200
Net Bids:
$118,721,835
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General Information
10/31/2006
LETTER (DA 06-2146)
Final Bid Withdrawal Payments for Auction No. 53, Bruce E. Fox
10/31/2006
LETTER (DA 06-2140)
Final Bid Withdrawal Payments for Auction No. 53, DTV Norwich, LLC
Fact Sheet
Date:
Auction 53 began on 1/14/2004 and closed on 1/27/2004.
Round 49. (See PN DA 04-215).
Spectrum:
12.2-12.7 GHz unpaired
Bandwidth:
500 MHz per license
Winning Bidders:
10 bidders won 192 licenses
Rounds:
49
Qualified Bidders:
14
Licenses Won:
192
Total Licenses:
214
Net Bids:
$118,721,835
Gross Bids:
$136,936,200
- Key Dates
- Licenses Offered
- Permissible Operations
- License Period and Construction Requirements
- Bidding Credits
- Tribal Land Credits
- Point-to-Point Incumbents
- Frequency Coordination Rules
- Licensing Rules
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Bidding credits were available to small businesses or consortia thereof, (as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 1.2110(c) and 101.1429). A bidding credit represents the amount by which a bidder’s winning bids are discounted. The size of the bidding credit depends on the average annual gross revenues for the preceding three years of the bidder, its affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of its controlling interests:
- A bidder with attributed average annual gross revenues of more than $15 million but not more than $40 million for the preceding three years receives a 15 percent discount on its winning bids for MVDDS licenses
- A bidder with attributed average annual gross revenues of more than $3 million but not more than $15 million for the preceding three years receives a 25 percent discount on its winning bids for MVDDS licenses
- A bidder with attributed average annual gross revenues of not more than $3 million for the preceding three years receives a 35 percent discount on its winning bids for MVDDS licenses
Additional information on the tribal land bidding credit, including how the amount of the credit is calculated, can be found on the Commission’s web site by going to Tribal Land Credits.
The MVDDS operator must comply strictly with all of the requirements set forth in 47 C.F.R. §§ 101.103(f) and 101.1440. Among other things, the MVDDS licensee shall, prior to the construction or addition of an MVDDS transmitting antenna, provide notice of intent to construct the proposed antenna site to NGSO FSS licensees operating in the 12.2-12.7 GHz frequency band and maintain an Internet web site of all existing transmitting sites and transmitting antennas that are scheduled for operation within one year including the "in service" dates. At least 90 days prior to the planned date of commencement of MVDDS operations, the MVDDS licensee shall provide relevant information to Direct Broadcast Satellite ("DBS") licensee(s), including the geographic location of its proposed station license, the maximum EIRP of each transmitting antenna and the description of the proposed service area. In addition, the MVDDS operator must make a determination of whether its signal level(s) will exceed the EPFD limit at any DBS customer of record sites. To assist in making this determination, the MVDDS provider can use the EPFD contour model developed by the Commission and described in Appendix J of Amendment of Parts 2 and 25 of the Commission’s Rules to Permit Operation of NGSO FSS Systems Co-Frequency with GSO and Terrestrial Systems in the Ku-Band Frequency Range, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Second Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 9614 (2002) or on the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology website et98-206.
- Licensed by Designated Market Areas (DMAs).
- MVDDS shall be licensed on a non-harmful interference co-primary basis to existing DBS operations and on a co-primary basis with NGSO FSS stations in this band.
- MVDDS systems may not cause harmful interference to stations in Canada or Mexico. No stations are allowed within 5 miles of the borders. (See 47 C.F.R. § 101.1423).
- MVDDS stations must protect the radio quiet zones. (See 47 C.F.R. § 1.924).
- Cable operators or entities holding an attributable interest in a cable operator shall not have an attributable interest in an MVDDS license whose geographic service area significantly overlaps such cable operator’s service area. (See 47 C.F.R. § 101.1412).
- No spectrum or channel aggregation cap.
- Partitioning is permitted by MVDDS licensees. Disaggregation will not be permitted. (See 47 C.F.R. § 101.1415).
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Auction Seminar
This seminar was held on October 29, 2003. You may view the presentations below.
Presentation Slides
10/29/2003
Pre-Auction Process
10/29/2003
Overview of MVDDS Rules and Due Diligence
10/29/2003
Overview of Tribal Land Bidding Credit
10/29/2003
Overview of Auction Rules and Electronic Filing of Form 175
10/29/2003
Wire Transfer & Payment Process
10/29/2003