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completed the re-auction of 347 C-, D-, E-, and F-Block licenses in Auction No. 22.32 Of the 57 winning
bidders in that auction, 48 claimed small business status and won 277 licenses.
13. On January 26, 2001, the Commission completed the auction of 422 C and F Block
Broadband PCS licenses in Auction No. 35. Of the 35 winning bidders in that auction, 29 claimed small
business status.33 Subsequent events concerning Auction 35, including judicial and agency
determinations, resulted in a total of 163 C and F Block licenses being available for grant. On February
15, 2005, the Commission completed an auction of 242 C-, D-, E-, and F-Block licenses in Auction No.
58. Of the 24 winning bidders in that auction, 16 claimed small business status and won 156 licenses."
On May 21, 2007, the Commission completed an auction of 33 licenses in the A, C, and F Blocks in
Auction No. 71.35 Of the 12 winning bidders in that auction, five claimed small business status and won
18 licenses.36 On August 20, 2008, the Commission completed the auction of 20 C-, D-, E-, and F-Block
Broadband PCS licenses in Auction No. 78.37 Of the eight winning bidders for Broadband PCS licenses
in that auction, six claimed small business status and won 14 licenses.3"
14. Specialized Mobile Radio. The Commission awards "small entity" bidding credits in
auctions for Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) geographic area licenses in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz
bands to firms that had revenues of no more than $15 million in each of the three previous calendar
years.39 The Commission awards "very small entity" bidding credits to firms that had revenues of no
more than $3 million in each of the three previous calendar years.4 The SBA has approved these small
business size standards for the 900 MHz Service.41 The Commission has held auctions for geographic
area licenses in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands. The 900 MHz SMR auction was completed in 1996.
Sixty bidders claiming that they qualified as small businesses under the $15 million size standard won
263 geographic area licenses in the 900 MHz SMR band. The 800 MHz SMR auction for the upper 200
channels was conducted in 1997. Ten bidders claiming that they qualified as small businesses under the
$15 million size standard won 38 geographic area licenses for the upper 200 channels in the 800 MHz
32 See C, D, E, and F Block Broadband PCS Auction Closes, Public Notice, 14 FCC Red 6688 (WTB 1999). Before
Auction No. 22, the Commission established a very small standard for the C Block to match the standard used for F
Block. Amendment of the Commission 's Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing for Personal
Communications Services (PCS) Licensees, WT Docket No. 97-82, Fourth Report and Order, 13 FCC Red 15743,
15768, para. 46 (1998).
33 See C and F Block Broadband PCS Auction Closes; Winning Bidders Announced, Public Notice, 16 FCC Red
2339 (2001).
34 See Broadband PCS Spectrum Auction Closes; Winning Bidders Announced for Auction No. 58, Public Notice, 20
FCC Red 3703 (2005).
35 See Auction of Broadband PCS Spectrum Licenses Closes; Winning Bidders Announced for Auction No. 71,
Public Notice, 22 FCC Red 9247 (2007).
36 Id
37 See Auction of AWS-1 and Broadband PCS Licenses Closes: Winning Bidders Announced for Auction 78, Public
Notice, 23 FCC Rcd 12749 (WTB 2008).
39 Id
39 47 C.F.R. 90.814(b)(1).
40o Ld.
41 See Letter to Thomas Sugrue, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications
Commission, from Aida Alvarez, Administrator, Small Business Administration, dated August 10, 1999.3753
DA 12-550
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United States. Federal Communications Commission. FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 5, Pages 3728 to 4696, April 9 - April 27, 2012, book, April 2012; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102307/m1/42/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.