Summary

November 13, 2014 - January 29, 2015
Rounds:
341
Bidding Days:
45
Qualified Bidders
70
Winning Bidders:
31 Bidders won 1611 Licenses
Licenses Held by FCC:
3
Gross Bids:
$44,899,451,600
Net Bids:
$41,329,673,325

Maps & Band Plans

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PDF icon Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3)

General Information

 
 
Incumbent Federal Operations, Transition and Coordination
FCC-NTIA Joint Public Notice Announcing AWS-3 Coordination Procedures
NTIA AWS-3 Transition Website

11/23/2020
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON REMAND (FCC 20-160)
FCC Decides SNR and Northstar Are Ineligible for Bidding Credits
Finds that Northstar and SNR are still controlled by DISH Network and therefore remain ineligible for the $3.3 billion in bidding credits that they sought for the licenses they won in Auction 97

 

10/1/2015
LETTER (DA 15-1108)
Northstar Wireless, LLC, Notice of Interim Default Payment Obligation for Auction 97 Licenses
pdf - Word

 

10/1/2015
LETTER (DA 15-1109)
SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC, Notice of Interim Default Payment Obligation for Auction 97 Licenses
pdf - Word

 

8/18/2015
ORDER (FCC 15-104)
Order to Deny Small Business Credits to Northstar & SNR Wireless
pdf

 

Winning Bidders
1/30/2015
 
Qualified Bidders
10/30/2014
 
Applications to Participate
10/1/2014
 
Procedures
7/23/2014
 
Comment Sought
5/19/2014