PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 18-89
February 1, 2018
UPDATED TECHNICAL GUIDE ON BIDDING PROCEDURES FOR THE CONNECT 
AMERICA FUND PHASE II AUCTION (AUCTION 903)
AU Docket No. 17-182
WC Docket No. 10-90
The Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau today release an updated guide that provides technical and mathematical 
detail regarding the proposed bidding, assignment, and support amount determination procedures for the 
Connect America Fund Phase II Auction (Auction 903). This guide provides examples and serves as a 
supplement to the bidding and bid processing procedures described in the CAF II Auction Procedures 
Public Notice.
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  The guide, which is entitled Connect America Fund Phase II Technical Guidance: 
Bidding Procedures and Bid Processing Algorithms, is available under the “Education” tab of the 
Commission’s Phase II auction website (www.fcc.gov/connect-america-fund-phase-ii-auction), where it 
will remain available and accessible for reference.
For further information concerning the technical guide, email auction903@fcc.gov or contact the 
FCC Auctions Hotline at (717) 338-2868.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact the 
offices listed below:
Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force: 
Chelsea Fallon at (202) 418-7991, Kirk Burgee at (202) 418-1599, or RBATF@fcc.gov 
Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: 
Heidi Lankau or Katie King at (202) 418-7400 
Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau: 
Mark Montano or Angela Kung at (202) 418-0660
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 Connect America Fund Phase II Auction Scheduled for July 24, 2018; Notice and Filing Requirements and Other 
Procedures for Auction 903, Public Notice, FCC 18-6 (Feb. 1, 2018) (CAF II Auction Procedures Public Notice).