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Auction 42: Multiple Address Systems Spectrum

Summary

November 14, 2001 - November 27, 2001
Rounds:
36
Bidding Days:
8
Qualified Bidders:
13
Winning Bidders:
13 bidders won 878 licenses (all 176 100 kHz licenses and 702 25 kHz licenses)
Gross Bids:
$1,503,700
Net Bids:
$1,202,725
Reports Files
Top Licenses (by High Bid)
Summary of Round Results
Bidders Sorted by Total Net Bids and High Bids
Activity and Revenue Graph
Markets Data
Bidder Data
Spreadsheets Files
All Markets
All Bidders
Charts Files
Bidder Data
Licenses by Bidder
License Winner, Sorted by License
Maps & Band Plans
Economic Areas Map
MAS
General Information

 

 

 
Tribal Bidding Credits

Winning Bidders

11/30/2001
 

Qualified Bidders

10/31/2001
 

Applications to Participate

10/12/2001
 

Procedures

7/27/2001
 

Fact Sheet

Date:

Auction 42 began on 11/14/2001 and closed on 11/27/2001.

Round 36, (See PN DA 01-2763)
Licenses:

5,104 MAS licenses were offered in 176 Economic Areas (EAs).

Spectrum:

Block AA: (928.85625 / 959.85625 MHz)
Block AB: (928.86875 / 959.86875 MHz)
Block AC: (928.88125 / 959. 88125 MHz)
Block AD: (928.89375 / 959. 89375 MHz)
Block AE: (928.90625 / 959. 90625 MHz)
Block AF: (928.91875 / 959. 91875 MHz)
Block AG: (928.93125 / 959. 93125 MHz)
Block AH: (928.94375 / 959. 94375 MHz)
Block AI: (928.95625 / 959. 95625 MHz)
Block AJ: (928.96875 / 959. 96875 MHz)
Block AK: (928.98125 / 959. 98125 MHz)
Block AL: (928.99375 / 959. 99375 MHz)
Block AM: (932.00625 / 941.00625 MHz)
Block AN: (932.01875 / 941. 01875 MHz)
Block AO: (932.03125 / 941.03125 MHz)
Block AP: (932.04375 / 941. 04375 MHz)
Block AQ: (932.05625 / 941. 05625 MHz)
Block AR: (932.06875 / 941. 06875 MHz)
Block AS: (932.08125 / 941. 08125 MHz)
Block AT: (932.09375 / 941. 09375 MHz)
Block AU: (932.15625 / 941.15625 MHz)
Block AV: (932.16875 / 941.16875 MHz)
Block AW: (932.18125 / 941.18125 MHz)
Block AX: (932.19375 / 941.19375 MHz)
Block AY: (932.20625 / 941.20625 MHz)
Block AZ: (932.21875 / 941.21875 MHz)
Block BA: (932.23125 / 941.23125 MHz)
Block BB: (932.24375 / 941.24375 MHz)
Block BC: (932.12500 / 941.12500 MHz)

Bandwidth:
Blocks AA - BB: each 25 kHz (Total 725 kHz)
Block BC: each 100 kHz (Total 100 kHz)

Total bandwidth: 0.825 MHz
Refer to MAS Bandplan
Winning Bidders:
13 bidders won 878 licenses (all 176 100 kHz licenses and 702 25 kHz licenses)
Rounds:
36
Qualified Bidders:
13
Licenses Won:
878
Total Licenses:
5104
Net Bids:
$1,202,725
Gross Bids:
$1,503,700

 

 

 
 
 
* The individual frequencies listed in this chart are the center frequencies of each frequency pair in the block. See 47 C.F.R. § 101.147(b)(3), (4). Each block consists of two channels of equal bandwidth. For example, in Block AA, 928.85625 and 959.85625 are the center frequencies and each frequency pair is comprised of two 12.5 kHz wide channels. Therefore, the two channels in Block AA are 928.8500 – 928.8625 MHz and 959.8500 – 959.8625 MHz.
** This represents the total bandwidth for the block, which is the combination of each channel in the pair.
General information and associated licensing parameters are provided below. Specific information regarding this auction will be announced by public notice.

Key Dates

 

EventDate
Pre-Auction Seminar
9/18/2001
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Deadline
9/28/2001; 6:00 pm ET
Upfront Payments Deadline
10/22/2001; 6:00 pm ET
Mock Auction
11/9/2001
Auction Start
11/14/2001
Auction Closed
11/27/2001

Licenses Offered

Auction No. 42 offered 5,104 Multiple Address Systems (MAS) licenses in the Fixed Microwave Services from the 928/959 and 932/941 MHz bands. Twenty-nine (29) licenses were offered in each of the 176 EAs. These geographic areas encompass the United States, Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Permissible Operations

Multiple Address Systems (MAS) licensed by Economic Area (EA) are available for the terrestrial point-to-multipoint and point-to-point fixed and mobile transmissions of a licensee’s products or services, excluding video entertainment material, to a licensee’s customer or for its own internal communications.

License Period & Construction Requirements

MAS EA licenses are issued for a ten-year term from the initial license grant date. Licensees have a renewal expectancy based on the provision of substantial service and substantial compliance with applicable Commission rules, policies, and the Communications Act. (See 47 C.F.R. § 101.1327).
Each MAS EA licensee must provide service to at least one-fifth of the population in its service area or "substantial service" within five years of the license grant. In addition, MAS EA licensees must make a showing of continued "substantial service" within ten years of the license grant. Licensees must file maps and other supporting documents showing compliance with the respective construction requirements within the appropriate five- and ten-year benchmarks of the date of their initial licenses as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 101.1325(b).

Bidding Credits

Bidding credits are available to small and very small businesses or consortia thereof, (as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 1.2110(c), 101.1319). 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 annual gross revenues for the preceding three years of the bidder, its affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of its controlling interests: 

Bidding credits are not cumulative. A qualifying applicant receives either the 25 percent or the 35 percent bidding credit, but not both.

Tribal Land Credits

A winning bidder that intends to use its license(s) to deploy facilities and provide services to federally-recognized tribal lands that are unserved by any telecommunications carrier or that have a telephone service penetration rate equal to or below 70 percent is eligible to receive a tribal land bidding credit as set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 1.2107 and 1.2110(f). A tribal land bidding credit is in addition to, and separate from, any other bidding credit for which a winning bidder may qualify.
Unlike other bidding credits that are requested prior to the auction, a winning bidder applies for the tribal land bidding credit after winning the auction when it files its long-form application (FCC Form 601). In order for a winning bidder to be awarded a tribal land bidding credit, it must provide specific certifications regarding the servicing of tribal lands and is subject to specific performance criteria as set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 1.2110(f).
Additional information on the tribal land bidding credit, including how the amount of the credit is calculated, is also available.

Incumbents

There are incumbent licensees already licensed and operating on these frequencies. Potential bidders may research the Bureau’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) in order to determine which frequencies are already licensed to incumbent licensees. Individuals winning licenses must protect the incumbents from harmful interference as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 101.1333..

Licensing Rules

Releases P
11/30/2001
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-2763)
Multiple Address Systems Spectrum Auction Closes
This Public Notice provides detailed information concerning Auction No. 42.
 
11/2/2001
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-2553)
Supplemental Due Diligence Information for the Multiple Address Systems Spectrum Auction Scheduled for November 14, 2001
This Public Notice provides additional information to the potential bidders in the upcoming MAS auction. Specifically, the Attachment to this Public Notice lists matters pending before the Commission that relate to licenses or applications in the MAS spectrum scheduled for auction.
 
10/31/2001
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-2507)
Auction of Licenses for Multiple Address Systems Spectrum
The Public Notice identifies 13 applicants found qualified to bid in Auction No. 42.
 
10/12/2001
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-2349)
Auction of Licenses for Multiple address Systems Spectrum
This Public Notice announces the status of applicants to participate in Auction No. 42. Four applications were accepted for filing and 12 applications were incomplete.
 
Supplemental File: pdf - text
 
9/4/2001
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-2075)
Multiple Address System Spectrum Auction Scheduled for November 14, 2001
Reminder Pre-Auction Seminar September 18, 2001.
 
7/27/2001
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-1789)
Multiple Address Systems Spectrum Auction Scheduled for November 14, 2001 - Notice and Filing Requirements, Minimum Opening Bids, Upfront Payments and Other Procedural Issues
This Public Notice announces the filing requirements, minimum opening bids, upfront payments and other procedural issues for the Multiple Address Systems Spectrum Auction.
 
Attachment A: xls
Attachment B: xls
 
6/29/2001
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-1527)
Multiple Address Systems Spectrum Auction Scheduled for November 14, 2001 - Comment Sought on Reserve Prices or Minimum Opening Bids and Other Auction Procedural Issues
This Public Notice announces the auction of 6,160 Multiple Address Systems (MAS) licenses in the Fixed Microwave Services from 928/959 and 932/941 MHz bands to begin November 14, 2001.
 
5/3/2000
ERRATUM (DA 00-307)
In the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Multiple Address Systems
This erratum amends portions of the text of the Multiple Address Systems (MAS) Report and Order released on January 19, 2000.
pdf - text - Word
 
1/19/2000
REPORT AND ORDER (FCC 99-415)
In the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Multiple Address Systems
In this Report and Order, we adopt rules to maximize the use of spectrum designed for Multiple Address Systems (MAS) in the Fixed Microwave Services.
 
7/1/1999
FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING AND ORDER (FCC 99-101)
In the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Multiple Address Systems
This Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order addresses the impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 on the Commission's ongoing Multiple Address Systems (MAS) rule making proceeding.
 
2/27/1997
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (FCC 97-58)
In the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Multiple Address Systems
This Notice of Proposed Rule Making examines ways to maximize use of spectrum allocated to Multiple Address Systems MAS) in the Fixed Microwave Services.
text
 
Releases O
6/21/2001
ERRATUM
In the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Multiple Address Systems
This erratum amends the Multiple Address Systems (MAS) Memorandum Opinion and Order released on May 29, 2001.
pdf - text - Word
 
5/29/2001
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 01-171)
In the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Multiple Address Systems
This Memorandum Opinion and Order addresses four petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification of the Multiple Address Systems (MAS) Report and Order.
pdf - text - Word
 

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