FCC Announces Results Of Auction 110: $22.4 Billion In Net Bids – 23 Bidders Won 4,041 Spectrum Licenses
January 14, 2022 – The FCC’s Office of Economics and Analytics and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau have announced that bidding in Auction 110 has concluded, resulting in a total of $22,418,284,236 in net bids and $22,513,601,811 in gross bids, with 23 bidders winning a total of 4,041 licenses.[1]
Auction 110 offered 4,060 new flexible‐use licenses for spectrum in the 3.45-3.55 GHz band. The 100 megahertz of spectrum will be licensed on an unpaired basis divided into ten 10-megahertz blocks in partial economic areas (PEAs) located in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.
Of the 23 winning bidders, 13 qualified as small businesses or as entities serving rural communities, and over one-third of the top 100 markets have at least four winning bidders. Together, AT&T and DISH won 2,856 of the 4,041 licenses (just over 70 percent).
Attachment A to the Public Notice summarizes auction results for each bidder.
Attachment B lists information about each bidder’s upfront payment and post-auction payments or refund.
The biggest winners in terms of total licenses won are:
AT&T: 1,624 Licenses Won (406 PEAs)
Weminuche L.L.C. (DISH): 1,232 Licenses Won (406 PEAs)
U.S. Cellular: 380 Licenses Won (104 PEAs)
Cherry Wireless, LLC: 319 Licenses Won (144 PEAs)
T-Mobile: 199 Licenses Won (79 PEAs)
Skylake Wireless II, LLC: 57 Licenses Won (33 PEAs)
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[1] Auction Of Flexible-Use Service Licenses In The 3.45–3.55 Ghz Band Closes; Winning Bidders Announced For Auction 110; Down Payments Due January 31, 2022; FCC Forms 601 and 602 Due January 31, 2022; Final Payments Due February 14, 2022, Public Notice, AU Docket No. 21-62, DA 22-39 (Jan. 14, 2022), https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-39A1.pdf.
