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Auction 73 - 700 MHz Band (BEA licenses, Blocks A and E)
700 MHz Lower Blocks A (698-704 / 728-734 MHz) and E (722-728 MHz, unpaired) · Jan-Mar 2008
Gross Proceeds$5.23B
Net Proceeds$5.14B
Bidders214
Licenses Assigned350 / 352
GeographyBEA
Results by bidder
| Bidder | Spend | Licenses | Avg $/MHz-pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | $2.57B | 25 | $1.2432 |
| Frontier Wireless | $711.9M | 168 | $0.3132 |
| QUALCOMM Incorporated | $554.6M | 5 | $1.2845 |
| MetroPCS 700 MHz | $313.3M | 1 | $3.2818 |
| Cox Wireless | $276.3M | 14 | $1.0640 |
| Cellular South Licenses | $184.2M | 14 | $1.0410 |
| King Street Wireless | $126.9M | 25 | $0.3816 |
| Vulcan Spectrum | $112.8M | 2 | $1.3272 |
| CenturyTel Broadband Wireless | $112.1M | 21 | $0.9048 |
| Continuum 700 | $66.1M | 10 | $0.4447 |
| Cavalier Wireless | $43.6M | 23 | $0.1503 |
| Puerto Rico Telephone Company | $19.9M | 1 | $0.4234 |
| Horry Telephone Cooperative | $8.5M | 1 | $0.8036 |
| MCBRIDE SPECTRUM PARTNERS | $6.3M | 1 | $0.1768 |
| Miller, David | $4.9M | 3 | $0.2161 |
| Triad 700 | $3.9M | 4 | $0.1389 |
| Union Telephone Company | $3.8M | 1 | $0.7742 |
| LL License Holdings | $3.2M | 5 | $0.2353 |
| Cincinnati Bell Wireless | $2.6M | 1 | $0.1933 |
| SAL Spectrum | $2.5M | 2 | $0.3198 |
| NSIGHTTEL WIRELESS | $2.4M | 1 | $0.5720 |
| I-700 | $2.2M | 2 | $0.1653 |
| Bresnan Communications | $1.8M | 2 | $0.2292 |
| Central Texas Telephone Investments, LP | $1.6M | 2 | $0.3221 |
| PTI Pacifica | $1.3M | 1 | $0.4810 |
| Iowa Intelegra Consortium | $1.1M | 1 | $0.2436 |
| Kurian, Thomas K | $1.1M | 3 | $0.1216 |
| Manti Telephone Company | $1.1M | 2 | $0.1828 |
| CHEVRON USA INC. | $1.0M | 2 | — |
| AWS Spectrum | $0.8M | 1 | $0.1189 |
| PVT Networks | $0.4M | 1 | $0.1760 |
| James Valley Cooperative Telephone Company | $0.3M | 1 | $0.2624 |
| Pioneer Telephone Cooperative | $0.3M | 1 | $0.1503 |
| Hemingford Cooperative Telephone Company | $0.2M | 1 | $0.1908 |
| AST Telecom | $0.0M | 1 | $0.0291 |
| Club 42 CM Limited Partnership | $0.0M | 1 | $0.0371 |