FCC Ups Auctions for 5G to 4 Rounds Daily, Bids at $164.3M

The FCC ups the tempo on the first millimeter wave 5G auction.

Dan Jones, Mobile Editor

November 26, 2018

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FCC Ups Auctions for 5G to 4 Rounds Daily, Bids at $164.3M

The provisionally approved bids for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 28GHz 5G auction now stands at $164.3 million, as the agency has bumped the number of auction rounds to four a day, up from two.

The bids are now at $164.3 million, with 239 provisionally winning bids (PWBs). There are 673 licenses still held by the FCC. Auction 101 is in its sixth day of bidding. (See Update – FCC 5G Day 5, Bids Reach $145.1M.)

We'll update totals at the end of the day.

— Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, Light Reading

About the Author

Dan Jones

Mobile Editor

Dan is to hats what Will.I.Am is to ridiculous eyewear. Fedora, trilby, tam-o-shanter -- all have graced the Jones pate during his career as the go-to purveyor of mobile essentials.

But hey, Dan is so much more than 4G maps and state-of-the-art headgear. Before joining the Light Reading team in 2002 he was an award-winning cult hit on Broadway (with four 'Toni' awards, two 'Emma' gongs and a 'Brian' to his name) with his one-man show, "Dan Sings the Show Tunes."

His perfectly crafted blogs, falling under the "Jonestown" banner, have been compared to the works of Chekhov. But only by Dan.

He lives in Brooklyn with cats.

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