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FCC Announces Schedule for Advanced Wireless Services Spectrum Auction; FCC Auction Seminar to Be Held Monday, April 24, 2006; Small Business Bidding Discounts Still Under Review
April 2006
On June 29, the FCC will begin one of its biggest spectrum auctions ever. The FCC will auction a total of 1,122 licenses in 90 MHz of spectrum at 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz, known as Advanced Wireless Services (“AWS”) or Third Generation (“3G”) spectrum. This is the largest auction of spectrum for wireless services since the auction of Personal Communications Services (“PCS”) licenses in the mid-1990s.