Summary

November 13, 1995 - March 28, 1996
Rounds:
181
Bidding Days:
75
Qualified Bidders:
155
Winning Bidders:
67 bidders won 493 licenses
Gross Bids:
$239,729,992
Net Bids:
$216,239,603
Spreadsheets Files
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Maps & Band Plans
Maps Files
Band Plans Files
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MDS
General Information

 

 

Winning Bidders

3/29/1996
Winning Bidders in the Auction of Authorizations to Provide
Multipoint Distribution Service in 493 Basic Trading Areas: Down Payments Due April 5, 1996, FCC Form 304s/Statements of Intention Due May 10, 1996.
 

Procedures

Bidder Information Package
Multipoint/Multichannel Distribution Services
 

Fact Sheet

Date:

Auction 6 began on 11/13/1995 and closed on 3/28/1996.

Licenses:

493 licenses. One in each of 493 Basic Trading Areas (BTAs)

Spectrum:

2150-2680 MHz (various frequencies in band)

Bandwidth:

13 channels per license - 6.0 MHz per Channel - Total 78 MHz in 493 BTAs

Winning Bidders:
67 bidders won 493 licenses
Rounds:
181
Qualified Bidders:
155
Licenses Won:
493
Total Licenses:
493
Net Bids:
$216,239,603
Gross Bids:
$239,729,992

 

 

EventDate
Pre-Auction Seminar
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Deadline
10/10/1995; 5:30 pm ET
Upfront Payments Deadline (Cashiers Check)
10/30/1995; 11:59 pm ET
Upfront Payments Deadline (Wire Transfer)
10/30/1995; 3:00 pm ET
Orders for Remote Bidding Software
11/3/1995
Mock Auction
10/31/1995
Auction Start
11/13/1995
Auction Closed
3/28/1996
Releases P
WTB Provides Guidance on Grace Period and Installment Payment Rules
 
Pleading Cycle Established for Comments on Waiver of Down Payment Rules in Multipoint Distribution Service Auction
 
10/18/1996
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 96-1692)
Pleading Cycle Established for Waivers of Down Payment Rules in the Broadband Personal Communication Services C Block, 900 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio, and Multipoint Distribution Service Auctions
This Public Notice solicits comments on all aspects of each request for waiver of down payment requirements in connection with three recent auctions: Broadband PCS C Block, 900 MHz SMR, and MDS. All parties seeking waiver are winning bidders who missed the deadline for the second down payment on licenses won at auction.
 
7/19/1996
PUBLIC NOTICE (D 868)
Mass Media Bureau Prepared to Issue Multipoint Distribution Service BTA Authorizations
This Public Notice identifies additional BTA authorizations which are ready to be issued and provides details regarding final payments.
Attachment A: xls
 
7/19/1996
PUBLIC NOTICE (D 865)
Mass Media Bureau Prepared to Issue Multipoint Distribution Service BTA Authorizations
This Public Notice identifies additional BTA authorizations which are ready to be issued and provides details regarding final payments.
Attachment A: xls
 
4/4/1996
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 96-481)
WTB Will Strictly Enforce Default Payment Rules
The WTB ("Bureau") has received numerous inquiries concerning the Commission's rules on bidder defaults in the various spectrum auctions. In response to these inquiries, the Bureau reminds bidders that the Commission's rules concerning default payments will be strictly enforced in all auctions.
 
3/29/1996
PUBLIC NOTICE (62216)
Winning Bidders in the Auction of Authorizations to Provide
Multipoint Distribution Service in 493 Basic Trading Areas: Down Payments Due April 5, 1996, FCC Form 304s/Statements of Intention Due May 10, 1996.
 
2/7/1996
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 96-146)
Reminder To Auction Participants: Exercise Caution In Submitting Bids and Make Use of Available Safeguards
This Public Notice serves as a reminder to participants in the ongoing FCC spectrum auctions -- and for applicants in future auctions -- that authorized bidders should be careful and verify their bids prior to submission to avoid mistakes.
 
1/23/1996
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 96-60)
Commission Announces Availability of Auction Tracking Software
A software tool for tracking the progress of the FCC's PCS C-Block auction will be made available to the public at approximately 6:00 p.m. EST, on January 23, 1996.
 
MDS Auction Schedule Change, 900 MHz SMR Commencement Change and PCS C Block Commencement and Bidding Seminar Date Change Due to FCC Shutdown
 
11/13/1995
PUBLIC NOTICE (PNWL 95-130)
Electronic Filing Access Closed, MDS Auction Schedule Change, 900 MHz SMR Auction Commencement Date Change, and PCS C Block Bidding Seminar Date Change Due to Shut Down
This Public Notice announces changes to the Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) auction schedule, a postponement of the commencement of the 900 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) service auction, and a change of date for the Personal Communications Service (PCS) C Block bidding seminar due to a government-wide shutdown resulting from a lapse in FCC appropriations as of 11:59 P.M., November 13, 1995.
 
10/30/1995
PUBLIC NOTICE (PNWL 95-123)
Deadline to Resubmit Applications For the November 13, 1995 Multipoint Distribution Service Auction Extended to October 31, 1995
TThis Public Notice announces the Commission is extending by one day the deadline for resubmission of applications to participate in the auction for 493 authorizations to provide single channel Multipoint Distribution Service and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service, collectively referred to as "MDS.".
 
10/26/1995
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 95-2244)
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Clarifies Spectrum Auction Anti-Collusion Rules
This Public Notice provides guidance regarding the Commission's anti-collusion rules, is meant to serve as a guideline for all auctions.
 
10/24/1995
PUBLIC NOTICE (PNWL 95-120)
FCC Announces Auction Simulation For MDS and 900 MHz SMR Applicants
This Public Notice announces that the FCC will conduct an auction simulation on October 31, 1995.
 
10/19/1995
PUBLIC NOTICE (PNWL 95-118)
Additional Information Regarding the Resubmitted Applications For the November 13, 1995 Multipoint Distribution Service
This Public Notice clarifies the October 16, 1995 notice announcing the status of applications to participate in the MDS auction and provide additional information regarding the resubmitted applications.
 
10/16/1995
PUBLIC NOTICE (PNWL 95-116)
FCC Announces the Status of Applications to Participate in Auction of the Multipoint Distribution Service
This Public Notice announces the status of 196 timely-filed FCC Form 175-M applications to participate in an auction for 493 authorizations to provide single channel Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS), collectively referred to as "MDS."
 
11/4/1994
PUBLIC NOTICE (FCC 94-283)
Commission Announces That Mutually Exclusive "Short-Form" Applications (Form 175) To Participate In Competitive Bidding Process (Auctions) Are Treated As Exempt For Ex Parte Purpose.
In the Second Report and Order in PP Docket No. 93-253, 9 FCC Rcd 2348 (1994), recon. Second Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 94-215 (released August 15, 1994), the Commission adopted general rules to implement the authority conferred in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to employ competitive bidding ("auction") procedures to choose among mutually exclusive applications for initial licenses.
 
Releases O
TV Communications Network, Inc
 
TV Communications Network, Inc., Request for Waiver of the Installment Payment Rules and Reinstatement of Licenses
 
3/18/2011
ORDER (FCC 11-46)
Petition of Reconsideration of Dismissal of Application for Assignment of Licenses from United States Wireless Cable, Inc. to Rioplex Wireless Ltd.
Declined to Reinstate Two Broadband Radio Services Licenses that Automatically Cancelled When the Former Licensee Defaulted on Its Installment Payment Loan.
 
Satellite Signals of New England, Inc. Application for Review of Denial of Petition for Reconsideration and Request for Conditional Waiver of Installment Payment Rules for Auction 6
 
1/5/2010
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 10-1)
Alpine PCS, Inc., CommNet Communications Network, Inc., GLH Communications, Inc., Inforum Communications, Inc., Lancaster Communications, Inc., Allen Leeds, TV Communications Network, Inc., Virginia Communications, Inc., Requests for Waiver of the Installment Payment Rules and Reinstatement of Licenses
Denied eight requests seeking reversal of staff-level decisions denying requests for waiver of section 1.2110 of the Commission's installment payment rules.
 
Satellite Signals of New England, Inc., Petition for Reconsideration and Request for Conditional Waiver of Installment Payment Rules for Auction No. 6
 
3/16/2009
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Wireless Telecommunications, Inc. Memorandum Opinion and Order
This Order addresses applications filed by Wireless Telecommunications, Inc., Debtor-in-Possession seeking Commission consent to the full assignment of two BRS licenses to Vermont Telephone Company and four BRS licenses to Clearwire Spectrum Holdings.
 
Petition for Reconsideration of Dismissal of Application for Assignment of Licenses from United States Wireless Cable, Inc. to Rioplex Wireless Ltd.
 
1/31/2007
ORDER (DA 07-482)
In the Matter of Satellite Signals of New England, Inc.; Request for Waiver of Installment Payment Rules for Auction No. 6 and Reinstatement of Licenses
This Order denies the Petitions for Reinstatement and Waiver Requests filed by Satellite Signals of New England, Inc.
 
1/29/2007
ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION (DA 07-340)
In the Matter of Allen Leeds
This Order on Reconsideration denies Petition for Reconsideration filed by Allen Leeds.
 
1/29/2007
ORDER (DA 07-315)
In the Matter of TV Communications Network, Inc. Request for Waiver of Installment Payment Rules for Auction No. 6 and Reinstatement of Licenses
This Order denies TV Communications Network, Inc.'s request for a waiver of the Commission's installment payment rules and reinstatement of the Licenses.
 
1/29/2007
ORDER (DA 07-314)
In the Matter of Virginia Communications Inc. Request for Waiver of Installment Payment Rules
The WTB denies Virginia Communications, Inc. request for waiver of Section 1.2110(g)(4)(iv) of the Commission's rules.
 
In the Matter of SoFast Internet Services, Inc., Memorandum Opinion and Order, adopted September 11, 2006
 
9/11/2006
ORDER (DA 06-1776)
In the Matter of Big Sky Wireless Partnership, Request for Waiver and Reinstatement of Broadband Radio Service Authorization for the Butte, Montana Basic Trading Area, MDB064, Order, adopted September 11, 2006
This Order grant Big Sky Wireless Partnership a nunc pro tunc waiver of Section 1.2110(g)(4)(iv) of the Commission's rules with respect to automatic cancellation of a BRS license for the Butte, Montana BTA.
 
6/16/2006
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (DA 06-1285)
WSS, LLC Request for Waiver of Section 1.2109 of the Commission's Rules
The WTB, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division granted a waiver request filed by WSS, LLC of Section 1.2109 of the Commission's rules
 
2/3/2006
ORDER (DA 06-279)
In the Matter of Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Request for Waiver and Reinstatement of Broadband Radio Service Authorization for the Hobbs, New Mexico Basic Trading Area, MDB191
This Order grants Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. a nunc pro tunc waiver of section 1.2110(g)(4)(iv) of the Commission's rules with respect to automatic cancellation of a Broadband Radio Service license.
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