Wireless Bureau Notes 3 Auctions Eyed for FY 2019; Another High-Band Auction Also Possible
The FCC Wireless Bureau cited three auctions targeted for FY 2019 which begins Monday. Auction 100 will address any remaining mutually exclusive applications by AM broadcasters seeking new cross-service FM translators to retransmit their stations, said a public notice Friday.…
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It said Auction 101, which is to begin Nov. 14, "will offer 3,072 Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service (UMFUS) licenses in the 28 GHz band on a county basis," to be followed by Auction 102 offering "2,912 UMFUS licenses in the 24 GHz band on a Partial Economic Area (PEA) basis." Chairman Ajit Pai also indicated the FCC will "move forward with a single auction of the 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHz bands in the second half of 2019, subject to the outcome of certain pending issues in GN Docket No. 14-177," the PN said.