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Auction 12: Cellular Unserved

Summary

January 13, 1997 - January 21, 1997
Rounds:
36
Bidding Days:
6
Qualified Bidders:
22
Winning Bidders:
10 bidders won 14 licenses
Gross Bids:
$1,842,533
Net Bids:
$1,842,533
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Summary of Round Results
Activity and Revenue Graph
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Cellular Market Areas (Metropolitan Statistical & Rural Service Areas) Map
General Information
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Bidder Cross Reference (dbf)

1/22/1997
Winning Bidders

1/6/1997
Qualified Bidders

12/20/1996
Applications to Participate
Auction of Cellular Unserved Area Licenses (Auction No. 12)
This Public Notice provides the status of the applications to participate in Auction No. 12 (cellular unserved areas). Thirty applications were received for this auction. Twenty-four have been classified as accepted for filing, six have been classified as incomplete. These applicants have until January 3, 1997 to resubmit their applications to correct the minor deficiencies indicated.
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Attachment A: xls
Attachment B: xls

11/8/1996
Procedures

1/15/2002
REPORT AND ORDER (FCC 01-387)
In the Matter of Cellular Service and Other Commercial Mobile Radio Services in the Gulf of Mexico Amendment of Part 22 of the Commission's Rules to Provide for Filing and Processing of Applications for Unserved Areas in the Cellular Service and to Modify Other Cellular Rules

1/22/1997
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 97-153)
Cellular Unserved Areas Auction Closes
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List of Winning Bidders and Licenses Won: xls
Down Payments Owed by the Winning Bidders: xls

1/10/1997
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 97-64)
Texas 18 - Edwards, RSA 669 A License Withdrawn from Cellular Unserved Area Auction
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Fact Sheet

Date:

Auction 12 began on 1/13/1997 and closed on 1/21/1997.
Round 36 (See DA 97-153)

Licenses:

14 licenses (13 Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)1 Rural Service Area (RSA))

Spectrum:

Block A: 869-880/824-835 MHz and 890-891.5/845-846.5 MHz
Block B: 880-890/835-845 MHz and 891.5-894/846.5-849 MHz

Bandwidth:

Block A: 25 MHz
Block B: 25 MHz
Total bandwidth: 50 MHz

Winning Bidders:
10 bidders won 14 licenses
Rounds:
36
Qualified Bidders:
22
Licenses Won:
14
Total Licenses:
14
Net Bids:
$1,842,533
Gross Bids:
$1,842,533

 

General information and associated licensing parameters are provided below. Public Notices provide specific information regarding this auction. This fact sheet includes:

Key Dates

 

EventDate
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Deadline
12/16/1996; 5:30 pm ET
Upfront Payments Deadline (Wire Transfer)
12/16/1996; 6:00 pm ET
Upfront Payments Deadline (Cashiers Check)
12/16/1996; 11:59 pm ET
Orders for Remote Bidding Software
1/3/1997; 11:59 pm ET
Mock Auction
1/13/1997
Auction Start
1/13/1997
Auction Closed
1/21/1997

Licenses Offered

A total of 14 licenses were offered in this auction, 13 Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and 1 Rural Service Area (RSA). Thirteen of the initial 27 cellular unserved licenses were withdrawn from the auction process when no mutually exclusive applications existed for these licenses.

Participation was limited to those entities that previously filed an FCC Form 464 or 464-A. A list of cellular unserved licenses and those eligible to participate in the auction for each license was listed in Attachment A of public notice DA 96-1850.

Initial cellular operators were given a five-year period during which to expand their systems within the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and Rural Service Areas (RSAs) in which they were licensees. The cellular unserved areas were created from the geographic area not covered by the Cellular Geographic Service Area (CGSA) of each licensee at the close of the five-year build-out period.

There are two phases to the application processing scheme for all cellular markets. Phase I is a one-time process that provides an opportunity for entities to file competing applications for authority to operate a new cellular system in, or to expand an existing cellular system into, unserved areas. Phase II is an ongoing process that allows eligible parties to apply for any unserved areas that may remain after the Phase I process is complete.

In the past, the Commission conducted lotteries to resolve any mutually exclusive applications in Phase I or Phase II. With the addition of Section 309(j) to the Communications Act, the Commission was given express authority to use auctions to choose from among two or more mutually exclusive initial applications. The Ninth Report and Order in the competitive bidding docket adopted final auction rules to enable the Commission to complete the licensing of Phase I and Phase II cellular unserved licenses.

Licensing Rules

  1. Partitioning and/or Disaggregation permitted (see 47 C.F.R. § 22.948)
  2. No foreign ownership (see 47 C.F.R. § 22.5)
  3. Limitations on assignments and transfers (see 47 C.F.R. § 22.943)
  4. Spectrum cap limits

Permissible Operations

Licensees use cellular radiotelephone service (commonly referred to as cellular) spectrum to provide a mobile telecommunications service for hire to the general public using cellular systems. Cellular licensees may operate using either analog or digital networks, or both. Cellular licensees that operate digital networks may also offer advanced two-way data services. The Commission and other wireless industry representatives often refer to these services as "Mobile Telephone Services" and "Mobile Data Services."

License Period and Construction Requirements

Licenses are issued for ten-year term from the initial license grant date. Unserved area licensees must begin service to subscribers within one year after grant of their authorization. Failure to meet this requirement will result in termination of the authorization. Furthermore, an unserved area licensee cannot transfer its license until its system has provided service to subscribers for a least one year.

Bidding Credits

No bidding credits were offered in this auction.

Releases P

1/22/1997
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 97-153)
Cellular Unserved Areas Auction Closes
This Public Notice lists the winning bidders, required down payments, FCC Form 600 filing requirements and other matters relating to the close of the auction for licenses to provide cellular service in unserved areas.
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List of Winning Bidders and Licenses Won: xls
Down Payments Owed by the Winning Bidders: xls

1/10/1997
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 97-64)
Texas 18 - Edwards, RSA 669 A License Withdrawn from Cellular Unserved Area Auction
This Public Notice announces the Texas 18 - Edwards license, CDR669A, is withdrawn from Auction No. 12 following approval of a full market settlement.
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1/6/1997
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 97-16)
Auction of Cellular Unserved Area Licenses
This Public Notice identifies applicants who have been found qualified to bid in the auction for certain cellular unserved area licenses, Auction No. 12, which is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 13, 1997. This Notice also provides bidding instructions and other important information regarding the auction.
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Attachment A: xls
Attachment B: xls
Attachment C: xls

1/3/1997
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 97-11)
Auction of Cellular Unserved Area Licenses
This Public Notice announces the FCC will conduct a mock electronic auction on January 9, 1997 for the purpose of better acquainting cellular unserved area auction qualified bidders with the electronic bidding software and process.
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12/20/1996
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 96-2162)
Auction of Cellular Unserved Area Licenses
This Public Notice provides the status of the applications to participate in Auction No. 12 (cellular unserved areas). Thirty applications were received for this auction. Twenty-four have been classified as accepted for filing, six have been classified as incomplete. These applicants have until January 3, 1997 to resubmit their applications to correct the minor deficiencies indicated.
pdf - text 
Attachment A: xls
Attachment B: xls

11/22/1996
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 96-1959)
Auction of Cellular Unserved Area Licenses
WTB Provides Guidance on Eligibility for Cellular Unserved Service Area Auction
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11/8/1996
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 96-1850)
FCC Issues Procedures, Terms and Conditions for January 13, 1997 Auction of Cellular Unserved Phase I and Phase II Service Areas
This Public Notice serves as the information in place of a Bidder Information Package.
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Attachment A: xls
Attachment B: xls

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.
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