FCC 700MHz Spectrum Auction - 96 Bidders Thus Far

As of yesterday, the US Federal Communications Commission had accepted spectrum bids from 96 companies, with a further 170 bids classified as "incomplete". FCC Auction 73 is to open the airwaves in the 700MHz band (formerly used by terrestrial TV networks), allowing companies to get into the wireless telecommunications business.

Looking down the list the only name that jumps out is Google Airwaves Inc, with their promised bid for wireless spectrum. The "big 4": Sprint/Nextel, AT&T Wireless etc., are not visibly here, but perhaps a tactic is to make sure your submission is "incomplete" until a later date closer to the auction?

Looking down the list it's clear that many of the companies are highly regional affairs (e.g. Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company, Central Texas Telephone Investments) looking to serve a local customer base. In some rural areas (like upstate New York and Vermont) more competition in the mobile business will definitely be welcome. Some (like Spectrum Acquisitions, and Triad 700) are probably companies that have been specifically formed in order to exploit the 700Mhz auctions.


The 96 "accepted" bidders for Auction 73:

Adams Telcom, Inc
Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.
AlasConnect, Inc
Aristotle Inc
AWS Spectrum, LLC
Bayou Internet, Inc
BEK Communications Cooperative
Bend Cable Communications, LLC
Blanca Telephone Company
Blue Sky Cell, LLC
Bluegrass Wireless LLC
Bresnan Communications, Inc
Broadband Wireless Unlimited, LLC
Budget Phone
Cavalier Wireless, LLC
Central Texas Telephone Investments, LP
Chariton Valley Communication Corporation, Inc
Chester Telephone Company
Clearcom, Inc
COLI Inc
Command Connect, LLC
Cricket Licensee 2007, LLC
Cross Telephone Company, LLC
CTC Telcom, Inc
Data-Max Wireless LLC
Delmarva Broadband LLC
Ellijay Telephone Company
Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc
Farmers Telephone Company, Inc
Fidelity Communications Company
FTC Management Group, Inc
Glenwood Telephone Membership, Corporation
Golden Belt Telephone Association, Inc
Google Airwaves Inc
Grain Spectrum LLC
Great American Broadband, Inc
GreenFly LLC
H & B Communications, Inc
Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc
Inland Cellular Telephone Company
IT&E Overseas, Inc
KeyOn Spectrum Holdings, LLC
Kinex Networking Solutions, Inc
Kingdom Telephone Company
Kurian, Thomas K
Lackawaxen Long Distance Company, Inc
Landover PCS Holdings, LLC
MAC Wireless, LLC
Manti Telephone Company
Medicine Park Telephone Company, Inc
Midwest AWS Limited Partnership
Miller, David
Mt. Vernnon.Net Inc
MTN3B Consortium
Mulberry Cooperative Telephone Company, Inc
N.E. Colorado Wireless Technologies, Inc
Neptuno Media
Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company
Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company
Northern Iowa Communications Partners, LLC
Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc
Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc
PBP Bidco LLC
PCS Partners, L.P.
Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc
Polar Communications Mutual Aid Corporation
Public Service Wireless Services, Inc
Red River Rural Telephone Association, Inc
Sandhill Communications, LLC
Siskiyou Telephone Company
Small Ventures USA, L.P.
Spectrum Acquisitions, Inc
Star Telephone Membership Corporation
Swayzee Telephone Co. Inc
TCT West, Inc
Terra World Communications, LLC
The Chillicothe Telephone Company
The Tri-County Telephone Association, Inc
The World Company
Towerstream Corporation
Tri-Valley Communications, LLC
Triad 700, LLC
USA Choice Internet Services Company LLC
Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc
Van Buren Wireless, Inc
Vavasi NexGen Inc
Vermont Telephone Company, Inc
Vulcan Spectrum LLC
Washington County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc
West Wisconsin Telcom Cooperative, Inc
Wi2
Wireless Communications Venture
Worldcall Inc
WUE, Inc
Xpressweb Internet Services, Inc

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