Summary

January 22, 2014 - February 27, 2014
Rounds:
167
Bidding Days:
24
Qualified Bidders:
23
Winning Bidders:
1 Bidder won 176 Licenses
Gross Bids:
$1,564,000,000
Net Bids:
$1,564,000,000
Maps & Band Plans
Band Plans Files
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General Information
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8/16/2018
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 18-123)
FCC Dismisses NTCH Application for Review of DISH Waiver

 
 
2/27/2014
NEWS RELEASE
Statement from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on H Block Auction Close
 
2/27/2014
NEWS RELEASE
Statement of Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn on Successful H Block Auction

Fact Sheet

Date:

Auction 96 began on 1/22/2014 and closed on 2/27/2014.

Licenses:

176 licenses total: 1 in each of the 176 Economic Areas (EAs)

Spectrum:

1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands

Bandwidth:

10 MHz (1915-1920 /1995-2000 MHz)

Winning Bidders:
1 Bidder won 176 Licenses
Rounds:
167
Qualified Bidders:
23
Licenses Won:
176
Total Licenses:
176
Net Bids:
$1,564,000,000
Gross Bids:
$1,564,000,000
 
EventDate
Comments Due
Reply Comments Due
Auction Tutorial Available (via Internet)
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Window Opens
11/4/2013; Noon ET
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Deadline
11/15/2013; 6:00 pm ET
Upfront Payments Deadline
12/18/2013; 6:00 pm ET
Mock Auction
1/17/2014
Auction Start
1/22/2014
Auction Closed
2/27/2014
For a complete list of the licenses available in Auction 96, see Attachment A of Public Notice DA 13-1885, released September 13, 2013.
Cost-Sharing Obligations. The spectrum in the Lower H Block and the Upper H Block is subject to cost-sharing requirements related to the past clearing and relocation of incumbent users from these bands. See Public Notice DA 13-1885 for more detailed information.
Reserve Price. There will be an aggregate reserve price of $1.564 billion for the H Block licenses in Auction 96. See Public Notice DA 13-1885 for more detailed information.
 
Releases P
 
 
10/21/2013
 
9/13/2013
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau establishes the procedures, reserve price, and minimum opening bids for the upcoming auction of licenses in the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands (the "H Block").
 
7/15/2013
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau announces the auction of licenses in the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands (the H Block), and seeks comment on the procedures to be used for this auction.
Copies of comments and reply comments filed in response to this public notice may be found by using the search function of ECFS under proceeding 13-178 or through the FCC Reference Information Center, which is located at the Commission's Headquarters.
Releases N

NEWS RELEASE
Statement from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on H Block Auction Close
pdf - Word

2/27/2014

NEWS RELEASE
Statement of Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn on Successful H Block Auction
pdf - Word

2/27/2014

NEWS RELEASE
Statement of FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai on Closing of H Block Auction
pdf - Word

1/22/2014

NEWS RELEASE
Statement of Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn on H Block Auction
pdf - Word

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