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For Immediate Release

FCC ANNOUNCES WINNING BIDDERS IN C-BAND AUCTION
Auction of 3.7 GHz Service Licenses Yields Over $81 Billion in Gross Bids and Provides Much-Needed Mid-Band Spectrum for 5G Services
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WASHINGTON, February 24, 2021—The Federal Communications Commission today announced the winning bidders and the final bid totals in Auction 107—commonly referred to as the C-band auction.  As detailed in today’s Public Notice, Auction 107 net winning bids totaled $81,114,481,921 and gross winning bids totaled $81,168,677,645.  Twenty-one bidders won all of the available 5,684 licenses.

“It is essential to America’s economic recovery that we deliver on the promise of next-generation wireless services for everyone, everywhere,” said FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.  “This auction reflects a shift in our nation’s approach to 5G toward mid-band spectrum that can support fast, reliable, and ubiquitous service that is competitive with our global peers.  Now we have to work fast to put this spectrum to use in service of the American people.  Special thanks go to our great FCC auctions team, and their colleagues in the Wireless Telecommunications and International Bureaus, among others, for this success.”

The five bidders with the largest total gross winning bid amounts from both the clock and assignments phases were as follows:

Bidder
Total Gross Winning Bids 
Cellco Partnership
$45,454,843,197
AT&T Spectrum Frontiers LLC
$23,406,860,839
T-Mobile License LLC
$9,336,125,147
United States Cellular Corporation
$1,282,641,542
NewLevel II, L.P.
$1,277,395,688

The five bidders winning the largest number of licenses were as follows:

Bidder
Number of Licenses Won
Cellco Partnership
3,511
AT&T Spectrum Frontiers LLC
1,621
United States Cellular Corp.
254
T-Mobile License LLC
142
Canopy Spectrum, LLC
84

The Public Notice summarizes auction results and announces deadlines for payments and the filing of long-form applications, as well as other post-auction procedures needed for the prompt issuance of licenses.  The Public Notice, released by the Auctions Division of the FCC’s Office of Economics and Analytics, is available at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-207A1.pdf. 

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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).