The first, day-long round of bidding on about 8,000 midband spectrum licenses at 2.5 GHz has officially begun.
Bidding began in the Federal Communication Commission’s Auction 108 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time and will continue until 4 p.m. today. Two two-hour bidding rounds are scheduled for Monday.
There is a field of 82 qualified bidders, including the three national wireless network operators, US Cellular and Dish Wireless, bidding under the name Carbonate Wireless.
