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FCC nudges C Band auction into higher gear

December 18, 2020

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The Federal Communications Commission is increasing the number of daily rounds in the C Band auction from four to five and cutting the round-duration to just 30 minutes each, angling to push the auction toward conclusion.

After 29 rounds, the auction has now raised $23.46 billion. According to analysis from Ari Meltzer and Rick Edelman with Wiley, that puts the auction in second place for most money raised, ahead of all over FCC auctions except the blockbuster AWS-3 auction in 2014-2015, which raised nearly $45 billion.

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