WASHINGTON, November 10, 2020—The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau today announced that a second group of 2.5 GHz band spectrum license applications received as part of the Rural Tribal Priority Window have passed initial review and are accepted for filing. The…
Auction 108 of spectrum in the 2.5 GHz spectrum band got underway last Friday. Nearly $103.5 million was raised in just a single auction round. The 2.5 GHz band is considered mid-band spectrum, which is viewed as supporting the optimum…
All three major U.S. wireless carriers – AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon – are qualified to bid in the upcoming auction of mid-band spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band, according to an FCC public notice released yesterday. In addition, 79 smaller…
The FCC said yesterday that the auction of vacant spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band, designated as Auction 108, will begin on July 29. The auction will include approximately 3,000 licenses to be issued by county, with up to three…
The FCC plans to kick off an auction of spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band for a date in July, FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel told attendees in an address at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today. According to the FCC…
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2021—The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has granted an additional 40 spectrum licenses in the 2.5 GHz band to help connect rural Tribal communities. This valuable mid-band spectrum can be used for 5G and other advanced wireless services….
Nokia and NewCore Wireless are collaborating to provide wireless connectivity to underserved Native American communities throughout the U.S. through the Tribal Educational Broadband Service (EBS), using up to 117 MHz of the Tribal EBS band at 2.5 GHz. NewCore Wireless…
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2021—The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau today announced that 50 additional applications received in the Rural Tribal Priority Window for 2.5 GHz band spectrum licenses have passed initial review and are accepted for filing. To date, the FCC…
The FCC set the stage today for more auctions of 5G spectrum. At today’s monthly meeting, the commission adopted rules for the auction of millimeter wave spectrum in the 37, 39 and 47 GHz bands and approved a plan to…
The FCC will vote next month on a plan to auction vacant spectrum in the 2.5 GHz educational broadband service (EBS) band, commission officials told reporters on a conference call yesterday. According to the officials, the spectrum is unused in…
The FCC is getting set to free up as much as 194 MHz of unused spectrum in the educational broadband service (EBS) band, primarily in rural areas. The EBS spectrum is in the 2.5 GHz band and potentially could support…
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