Auction 2: Interactive Video And Data Services (IVDS)

Summary

July 28, 1994 - July 29, 1994
Rounds:
Oral Outcry
Bidding Days:
2
Qualified Bidders:
289
Winning Bidders:
178 bidders won 594 licenses
Gross Bids:
$248,743,000
Net Bids:
$213,892,375
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Auction Summary by License
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Charts Files
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Maps & Band Plans
Cellular Market Areas (Metropolitan Statistical & Rural Service Areas) Map
218-219 MHz
General Information
No general information is available at this time.

Winning Bidders
8/2/1994
WTB announces the High bidders for 594 Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS) licenses.

Procedures
Bidder Information Package
Interactive Video and Data Services (IVDS)
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8/9/2010
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 10-149)
IVDS On-Line Partnership

7/27/2010
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 10-131)
Spectrum IVDS, L.L.C.

6/6/2008
ORDER (DA 08-1356)
Spectrum IVDS, LLC

Fact Sheet

Date:

Auction 2 began on 7/28/1994 and closed on 7/29/1994.
Round N/A (Oral Outcry), (See Winner Bidders PN)

 
 
Licenses:

594 licenses. Two each in 297 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)

Spectrum:

A block: 218-218.5 MHz

B block: 218.5-219 MHz

Bandwidth:

Blocks A & B - 500 kHz ea.(2 x 500 kHz) in 297 MSAs

Winning Bidders:
178 bidders won 594 licenses
Rounds:
Oral Outcry
Qualified Bidders:
289
Licenses Won:
594
Total Licenses:
594
Net Bids:
$213,892,375
Gross Bids:
$248,743,000

 

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

Key Dates

EventDate
Pre-Auction Seminar
7/27/1994
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Deadline
6/27/1994; 5:30 pm ET
Registration
1994-17-27 to 1994-17-29
Auction Start
7/28/1994
Auction Closed
7/29/1994

Licenses Offered

On July 28 and 29, 1994, the FCC held an oral outcry auction for two (A block: 218-218.5 MHz and B block: 218.5-219 MHz) IVDS licenses that authorize service in 297 of the 306 MSAs. (The licenses for 9 of the top 10 MSAs were awarded by lottery held September 1993.)

Permissible Operations

IVDS is a point-to-multipoint, multipoint-to-point, short distance communication service. An IVDS licensee may transmit information, product and service offerings to its subscribers and receive interactive responses. Potential applications include ordering goods or services offered by television services, viewer polling, remote meter reading, vending inventory control, and cable television theft deterrence. Mobile operation is permitted. An IVDS licensee can develop other applications consistent with the rules without Commission approval. An IVDS channel, however, is insufficient for the transmission of conventional full motion video.

License Period

Licenses are issued for a ten-year term from the initial license grant date.

Installment Payments

Installment payments were made available to small businesses. See the Bidder Information Package for more details.

Bidding Credits

Businesses owned by women and minorities were entitled to a 25 percent bidding credit. See the Bidder Information Package for more details.

Releases P

3/5/2001
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-583)
Wireless Bureau Announces the Elections for the 218-219 MHz Service
This Public Notice announces the elections for the 218-219 MHz service.

2/15/2001
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-376)
218-219 MHz Service (formerly known as IVDS) Refund Procedures
This Public Notice summarizes the procedures and identifies the points of contact for the processing of refunds authorized by the 218-219 MHz Order released on September 10, 1999.

1/3/2001
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-09)
Wireless Bureau announces revised election date and amended eligibility list for 218-219 MHz Service
Wireless Bureau announces revised election date (January 31, 2001) and amended eligibility list for 218-219 MHz service.

4/20/2000
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-899)
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Restructuring Rules for the 218-219 MHz Service
This Public Notice provides guidance on issues that have been brought to our attention concerning the restructuring of installment payment financing and remedial bidding credits for the 218-219 MHz service.

4/20/2000
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-900)
Implementation Procedures for the Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order Addressing the 218-219 MHz Services (Formerly Known as Interactive Video and Data Services (IVDS))
This Public Notice provides implementation procedures for the 218-219 MHz Order which modified the regulations governing the licensing of the 218-219 MHz Service to maximize the efficient and effective use of the band.

2/18/2000
PUBLIC NOTICE (FCC 00-60)
FCC Announces Change to the Election Date for 218-219 MHz Service
This Public Notice announces the changes of the Election Day to the last business day of the first full month after an Order on the petitions for reconsideration is released by the Commission.

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.

10/2/1995
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 95-2099)
Comments Sought On Request For IVDS Rule Waivers
The WTB seeks comment on two requests for waiver of Section 95.859(a) of the rules, 47 C.F.R. 95.859(a), filed by Anthony J. Benison and New England Interactive TV, Inc.

6/26/1995
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 95-1617)
WTB Staff Clarifies "Grace Period" Rule For IVDS "Auction" Licensees Paying By Installment Payments
The WTB has decided to extend to IVDS the three to six month grace period granted to Personal Communication Service (PCS) auction. Companies experiencing financial distress would be given an additional 90 days to make payment.

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.

10/26/1994
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 95-2244)
WTB Clarifies Spectrum Auction Anti-Collusion Rules
The WTB has received numerous inquiries concerning the Commission's auction rules and eligibility requirements for the various spectrum auctions. This Public Notice, in which the Bureau provides guidance regarding the Commission's anti-collusion rules, is meant to serve as a guideline for all auctions.

10/2/1994
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 95-2099)
Comments Sought On Request For IVDS Rule Waivers
The WTB seeks comment on two requests for waiver of Section 95.859(a) of the rules, 47 C.F.R. 95.859(a), filed by Anthony J. Benison and New England Interactive TV, Inc. Section 95.859(a), which concerns the Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS), states the maximum effective radiated power (ERP) permitted for use in association with given cell transmitter station (CTS) antenna heights.

8/5/1994
PUBLIC NOTICE (PNWL 94-005)
IVDS Bidders Alert
The IVDS auction successfully closed July 29, 1994. The Commission has received numerous requests for an extension of the payment due date, which will not be changed. Moreover, a penalty will be assessed to bidders who default on payment.
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8/2/1994
PUBLIC NOTICE
WTB announces the High bidders for 594 Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS) licenses

6/17/1994
PUBLIC NOTICE (PNWL 94-001)
Answers To Questions From The June 6, 1994 FCC Bidders Seminar Auction of Narrowband Personal Communications Service and Interactive Video and Data Service Licenses
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Releases L

10/25/2004
LETTER (DA 04-3359)
Friends of IVDS, L.L.C. - Request for Refund of Installment Payments
The Division denied a request for refund of installment payments paid to the Commission after the automatic cancellation of two licenses.

6/16/2003
LETTER (DA 03-1960)
Letter to Mr. Jay N. Lazrus, Esquire on behalf of Charleston Interactive Technologies, LLC
Denied Charleston Interactive Technologies, LLC's Request for Waiver of the Commission's procedures for providing refunds generated by the retroactive bidding credit applied to the accounts of certain winning bidders in the 218-219 MHz Report and Order.

4/9/2002
LETTER (DA 02-819)
Messrs. Gavin and Besozzi on behalf U.S. Telemetry Corporation
This letter denies U.S. Telemetry's request for a nine month postponement of its installment payment obligations with respect to 87 of its licenses and to waive the automatic cancellation of 40 of those licenses

2/28/2002
LETTER (DA 02-476)
Mr. Walter Steimel, Jr., Esquire Counsel for Red Hot Radio, G.P.
This letter dismisses Red Hot Radio's petition for reconsideration of its omission from the Eligibility List contained in the January 3, 2001 Election PN, 16 FCC Rcd. 5937.

10/30/2001
LETTER (DA 01-2542)
Mr. Kurt Schueler, President of New England Mobile Communications, Inc.
Letter denies the July 12, 2001 waiver request of the interest associated with its installment payment obligations on a 218-219 MHZ Service license.

6/12/2001
LETTER (DA 01-1413)
Letter to E. Ashton Johnston, Esquire, on behalf of Vista Communications, Inc. (Vista)
This letter denies Vista's eligibility status for participation in the 218-219 MHz restructuring plan as well as its request for waiver of the Commission's grace period rules and request to remit funds sufficient to cover installment payments due on its licenses to make it current through March 16, 1998.

1/23/2001
LETTER (DA 01-170)
Letter to J. Jeffrey Craven, Esquire, Patton Boggs, LLP
This letter denies IVIDCO's request for reconsideration of the Bureau's decision that IVIDCO is ineligible to participate in the restructuring plan.

Releases O

8/9/2010
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 10-149)
IVDS On-Line Partnership
Granted the Application for Review.

7/27/2010
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 10-131)
Spectrum IVDS, L.L.C.
Request for Reconsideration of License Renewal and Reinstatement of the 218-219 MHz Service B Block License for Market IVM005, Detroit/Ann Arbor, Michigan, Call Sign KIVD0019.

6/6/2008
ORDER (DA 08-1356)
Spectrum IVDS, LLC
Denied the Petition filed on behalf of Spectrum IVDS, LLC

3/9/2007
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 07-20)
In the Matter of Hill & Welch and Myers Keller Communications Law Group Request for Attorney Fees in Connection with the 218-219 MHz Service, Regional Narrowband PCS Service and Nationwide Narrowband PCS Service
The Commission dismisses in part and otherwise denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed by the law firm of Hill & Welch.

4/2/2004
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 04-82)
Application of Red Hot Radio, Inc. for Review of the Dismissal of the Petition for Reconsideration of the "WTB Announces Revised Election Date and Amended Eligibility List for 218-219 MHz Service," Public Notice
This MO&O denies the Application for Review and affirms the Auctions Division's prior dismissal of Red Hot Radio's licenses.

4/1/2003
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 03-70)
Hill & Welch and Myers Keller Communications Law Group Request for Attorney Fees in Connection with the 218-219 MHz Service, Regional Narrowband PCS Service, and Nationwide Narrowband PCS
Denied the Application for Review filed by Hill & Welch and Myers Keller Communications Law Group.

2/21/2003
ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION (DA 03-487)
Vista Communications, Inc.
This Order denies a petition for reconsideration filed by Vista and affirms an earlier order denying a request to waive the Commission's installment payment rules.

5/8/2002
ORDER (FCC 02-130)
Third Order on Reconsideration of the Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order
This Order dismisses Ad Hoc Coalition's second Petition for Reconsideration of the Commission's 218-219 MHZ Second Reconsideration Order that denied the Coalition's first Petition for Reconsideration.

5/4/2001
ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION (DA 01-1161)
In the Matter of Hill & Welch and Myers Keller Communications Law Group Request for Attorney Fees in Connection with the 218-219 MHz Service, Regional Narrowband PCS Service, and Nationwide Narrowband PCS Service
This Order on Reconsideration denies the Petition for Reconsideration filed by Hill & Welch and Myers Keller Communications Law Group.

12/13/2000
SECOND ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT AND ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 00-411)
In the Matter of Amendment of Part 95 of the Commission's Rules to Provide Regulatory Flexibility in the 218-219 MHz Service
In this Order, the Commission adopts major actions: Affirm that the restructuring plan is limited to existing licensees that: (i) were current in installment payments as of March 16, 1998; (ii) were less than ninety days delinquent on the last payment due before March 16, 1998; or (iii) had properly filed grace period requests under the former installment payment rules; Decline to expand the options offered in the restructuring plan to include disaggregation; Decline to expand the options offered in the restructuring plan to include the return of the down payment; Affirm that the twenty-five percent bidding credit granted to all winning small business bidders in the 1994 auction of this service will not be extended to all winning bidders in the 1994 auction of this service; and Affirm that the new Part 1 rules regarding installment payments will apply to licensees in this service.

10/26/2000
ORDER (DA 00-2410)
Hill and Welch and Myers Keller Communications Law Group
This Order denies the request for attorney fees in connection with 218-219 MHZ service proceeding and regional narrowband PCS service.

11/30/1999
ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION (FCC 99-372)
In the Matter of Amendment of Part 95 of the Commission's Rules to Provide Regulatory Flexibility in the 218-219 MHz Service
This Order alters the restructuring plan adopted in the 218-219 MHz Report and Order, FCC 99-239, released September 10, 1999.

8/18/1999
ORDER (FCC 99-211)
Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
This MO&O denies a Declaratory Judgement and Other Relief filed by Commercial Realty St. Pete, Inc. (Adopted: 8/6/99)

9/25/1998
Erratum to ORDER (FCC 98-228)
Erratum to Order, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
This Erratum makes a minor correction to the text in the Order, Memorandum Opinion & Order, and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 98-228, which was released on September 17, 1998.
pdf - text
See original Order FCC 98-228

9/17/1998
ORDER (FCC 98-228)
In the Matter of Amendment of Part 95 of the Commission's Rules to Provide Regulatory Flexibility in the 218-219 MHz Service
This Order, MO&O and Notice initiates a comprehensive examination of the Commission's regulations governing the licensing and use of frequencies in the 218-219 MHz band. See Erratum FCC98-228 for corrections.
pdf - text
See Erratum FCC 98-228 for corrections

5/28/1998
ORDER (DA 98-1008)
In the Matter of Community Teleplay, Inc., et al., Petition for Relief of Application of Bidding Credits in the Interactive Video and Data Service Auction
The Commission dismissed the Petition for Relief, filed on December 5, 1995, and its associated Supplement for Relief, filed on January 9, 1998, by several parties challenging one of the rules under which the Commission held the July 1994 Interactive Video and Data Service ("IVDS") auction.

10/28/1997
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 97-390)
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Adopted: 10/24/1997
This MO&O denies Styles Interactive, Inc.'s request for review of the Bureau's earlier decision.

9/10/1996
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER and PROPOSED RULE MAKING (FCC 96-330)
Sixth Memorandum Opinion and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making
Adopted: 8/6/1996
This 6th MO&O and Further Notice resolves petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's rules governing the methodology and procedure for auctions to provide interactive video and data service (IVDS), and propose modifications to our competitive bidding rules for the upcoming auction of IVDS licenses.

12/6/1995
ORDER (FCC 95-479)
IVDS Licensees Petition for Interpretation of Commission's Rules
Adopted: 11/30/1995
This Order denies the various auctions-related requests filed by IVDS licensees

9/22/1995
ORDER (FCC 95-2029)
Request To Stay the Commencement of the Quarterly Installment Payment Program
Adopted: 9/22/1995
By this Order, the Commission grants petitioner's stay requests to the extent described in the Order.

5/10/1994
REPORT AND ORDER (FCC 94-99)
Fourth Report and Order
In this Fourth Report and Order, the FCC finds that the value of the IVDS licenses is not expected to be sufficiently high to justify the use of simultaneous multiple round bidding.
Adopted: 4/20/1994

Releases N

5/30/1996
NEWS
FCC Permits IVDS Licensees to Provide Mobile Service to Subscribers
The FCC amends its rules to permit Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS) licensees to provide mobile service to subscribers.
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1/30/1996
NEWS
The FCC Denies a Request for Waiver of an Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS) Short-Form (auctions) Application Filing Deadline
The FCC has denied a request for waiver of an Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS) "short-form" (auctions) application filing deadline. The Commission's action denies an Application for Review filed by Interactive Capital Group (ICG), and affirms a determination by the WTB.
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1/11/1996
NEWS
FCC Amends its Rules to Modify the Build-out Requirements for the IVDS
The FCC has amended its rules to modify the "build-out" requirements for the IVDS. The Commission's action eliminates the one-year build-out requirement, while retaining the three-year and five-year build-out requirements. The action will allow the IVDS industry additional time to develop and deploy new and innovative applications.
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9/1/1995
News
Commercial Realty St. Pete, Inc.'s request for a waiver of the payment deadline rule was denied
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5/3/1995
NEWS
The FCC has proposed to allow Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS) licensees to provide mobile service to subscribers on an ancillary basis
This proceeding was initiated by a petition for rule making from EON Corporation.
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8/30/1994
NEWS
The Commission will be investigating allegations of misrepresentation of filling status
One or more applicants allegedly filed inappropriately as a designated entity.
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8/15/1994
NEWS
COMMISSION AFFIRMS BUREAU ACTION REGARDING APPLICATIONS FILED BY THE J.C. KEMMER TRUST FOR IVDS LICENSES IN NINE MARKETS
The Commission has affirmed the Private Radio Bureau's dismissal of a petition for reconsideration filed by Larry M. Warner, Esq., trustee, on behalf of the John Calvin Kemmer, Inter Vivos Trust (JCK Trust). The JCK Trust is an applicant for Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS) licenses in one of nine markets.
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4/20/1994
NEWS
FCC ADOPTS SPECTRUM AUCTION PROCEDURES FOR INTERACTIVE VIDEO AND DATA SERVICE (IVDS)
The Commission has adopted a Fourth Report and Order to implement its auction authority to award licenses in the Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS).
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