Summary
Fact Sheet
Auction 33 began on 9/6/2000 and closed on 9/21/2000.
Refer to the Upper 700 MHz Guard Bands Map (pdf))
746-747/776-777 MHz Bands
762-764/792-794 MHz Bands
B - 4 MHz license (2 x 2 MHz blocks) in each of 52 MEAs
Total bandwidth: 6.0 MHz (6,000 kHz)
- Key Dates
- Licenses Offered
- Permissible Operations
- License Period
- Performance Requirements
- Incumbents
- Bidding Credits
- Licensing Rules
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Bidding credits are available to small and very small businesses (or consortia of small or very small businesses) as set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 27.502. A bidding credit represents the amount by which a bidder's winning bids are discounted. The size of the bidding credit depends on the average gross revenues for the preceding three years of the bidder and its controlling interests and affiliates:
- A bidder with average gross revenues of not more than $40 million for the preceding three years receives a 15 percent discount on its winning bids for Upper 700 MHz Guard Bands manager licenses ("small business");
- A bidder with average gross revenues of not more than $15 million for the preceding three years receives a 25 percent discount on its winning bids for Upper 700 MHz Guard Bands manager licenses ("very small business").
- There are no eligibility restrictions.
- Guard Band Managers and their affiliates are limited to holding only one of the two licenses available in a geographic service area.
- Guard Band Mangers must lease no more than 49.9% of its spectrum in a geographic service area to its affiliates.
- Incumbent licensees are present in the band.
- Licensed in 52 Major Economic Areas (MEAs).
- Partitioning and/or disaggregation is permitted.
- Guard Band Mangers are required to file an annual report.
700 MHz Guard Bands Auction Closes Winning Bidders Announced/Down Payments Due October 10, 2000 FCC Forms 601 and 602 Due October 10, 2000/Ten-Day Petition to Deny Period
Auction of Licenses for the 700 MHz Guard Bands Scheduled for September 6, 2000
Auction of Licenses for 700 MHz Guard Bands; Status of FCC Form 175 Applications to Participate in the Auction
Auction of Licenses for the 700 MHz Guard Bands Updated Attachments and Filing Deadlines Reminder, Additional Due Diligence Information
Auction of Licenses for the 700 MHz Bands Postponed until September 6, 2000.
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