Spectrum Auction

Upfront payments due Feb. 19

Launch date expected to be announced any day

Brings in over $700 million for spectrum

Sees dozen rounds of six-figure

Stage Three start delayed until Jan. 15

Commission will require 100% bidding activity

Highest new bid total since mid-December

Over $1 million more bid in past four rounds

FCC moves to more and shorter rounds to speed closure

Round 97 sees virtually no new action

Spectrum auction is open for business with much of commission shuttered

Says it will continue to work, and parties should continue to meet auction deadlines

With one round to go, spectrum auction appears to be moving quietly into the break

No new licenses bid on in nine rounds

Will suspend bidding from Dec. 21 to Jan. 3

Carr calls bidding activity 'promising'

Majority of licenses have provisionally winning bids

FCC efforts to goose auction followed by flurry of new license bids, highest round-over-round increase