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Big Carriers Get Selective: Lessons from the $3.57 Billion AWS-3 Auction 113

By | June 28, 2026

FCC Auction 113 offered the remaining AWS-3 inventory, largely the former EchoStar holdings. What unfolded was not a broad land grab but a disciplined portfolio exercise. Verizon, T Mobile, and AT&T shaped the auction’s trajectory, driving $3.57 billion in proceeds over 72 rounds. Large markets cleared early; smaller markets carried the auction into its later… Read More: Big Carriers Get Selective: Lessons from the $3.57 Billion AWS-3… »

Canada AWS-3 Spectrum Result Summary

By | March 7, 2015

The AWS-3 auction in Canada has wrapped up raising a total of C$2.11 billion (US$ 1.68b) in a sealed-bid second-price format that was completed in a day. Of the 50 MHz auctioned, 30 MHz was set aside for challengers like Wind Mobile, Videotron and Eastlink who paid just over C$98 m in total, or on… Read More: Canada AWS-3 Spectrum Result Summary »