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April 30, 2007 Chelsea Fallon: (202) 418-7991
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMPLETES REVIEW OF 
APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES FOR ADVANCED WIRELESS SERVICES
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) completed its review of the applications for the Advanced 
Wireless Services (AWS) licenses won in Auction No. 66, which closed on September 18, 2006.  
With the Public Notice released today, the Bureau has granted all of the 1,087 licenses won in 
the auction, with the exception of one license subject to a September 29, 2007 deadline for the 
applicant to file a certification to qualify for a Tribal Land Bidding Credit.  The Bureau 
completed its review of AWS applications in just over six months from October 4, 2006, when 
the winning bidders in the auction submitted their long-form license applications to the FCC.  
The grant of these licenses will promote the further deployment of broadband services
across the United States, as they can be used to provide a wide array of innovative wireless 
services and technologies, including voice, data, video, and other wireless broadband services.
Fifty-eight of the 107 applicants receiving AWS licenses are small and very small businesses that 
qualified for a designated entity bidding credit.
The $13.7 billion in auction revenue collected from Auction No. 66 nearly equals the 
approximately $14 billion in total revenue from all other FCC auctions combined and nearly 
doubles the amount of auction revenue transferred to the U.S. Treasury.  This revenue also will 
fully fund the estimated cost of relocating the federal government operations currently occupying 
the lower half of the AWS band (1710-1755 MHz), as required by the Commercial Spectrum 
Enhancement Act (CSEA). 
Action by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on April 30, 2007, by Public Notice (DA
07-1953).  
For additional information, contact Sandra Danner at (202) 418-0916 or 
Sandra.Danner@fcc.gov.
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