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FCC finalizes qualified bidders for 24 GHz auction

March 5, 2019

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As the Federal Communications Commission moves quickly to open up additional millimeter wave spectrum for commercial use, it has identified 38 qualified bidders who plan to participate in the upcoming 24 GHz auction.

That’s two fewer qualified bidders than the previous mmWave auction for spectrum at 28 GHz, which concluded in late January after raising $702 million.

Qualified Auction 102 participants include AT&T, T-Mobile US, Verizon and Sprint (bidding as ATI Sub LLC); U.S. Cellular; Dish Network, bidding as Crestone Wireless; Starry Spectrum Holdings and Windstream Communications, which just recently filed for bankruptcy protections.

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