Summary
Fact Sheet
Auction 53 began on 1/14/2004 and closed on 1/27/2004.
Round 49 (See PN DA 04-215).
12.2-12.7 GHz unpaired
500 MHz per license
- 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
- 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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Statement of Commissioner Powell: pdf - Word
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Auction Seminar
Presentation Slides
Pre-Auction Process
Barbara Sibert, Auctions Marketing Specialist, Auctions Operations Branch
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Telephonic Bid Entry Script:
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Wire Transfer & Payment Process
Gail Glasser, Financial Management Specialist, Auctions Accounting Group
pdf - ppt
Overview of Auction Process & FCC Automated Auction System
Roy Knowles, Wireless Telecommunications Analyst, Auctions Operations Branch
pdf - PowerPoint
Auctions Bidding System Screen Shots:
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