Jul 6, 2026 · 11 min · 8 segments
In this week’s episode of [The Broadband Exchange](https://www.telecompetitor.com/podcast "The Broadband Exchange"), we look at the winners of the latest FCC spectrum auction and the new auction the…
Ian DescherHost
We'll start this week talking about Spectrum, as in wireless Spectrum, where the FCC had both a finished auction and a future auction in the news.
The commission announced the winners of its recent AWS3 auction, which brought in more than $3.5 billion in winning bids.
Verizon was the largest winner by dollar amount with more than $3 billion in bids for 82 licenses.
The auction covered 200 licenses in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz bands.
The Spectrum had originally been won back in 2014, but those bids were either defaulted or withdrawn, leaving the licenses in the FCC's inventory.
The FCC said as much as $3.3 billion of the proceeds will help cover money borrowed to support the Rip and Replace program and other Commerce Department programs.
Chairman Brendan Carr said the Commission would vote at its July 22 meeting on whether to auction 160 MHz of upper C-band spectrum.
The FCC's draft order would go beyond that minimum and, according to the commission, will help create a broader 440 MHz C-band superband.
The FCC also said it had worked with aviation and satellite stakeholders on safeguards, which matters given the earlier debate around 5G and aircraft radio altimeters.
We'll start this week talking about Spectrum, as in wireless Spectrum, where the FCC had both a finished auction and a future auction in the news.
The commission announced the winners of its recent AWS3 auction, which brought in more than $3.5 billion in winning bids.
Verizon was the largest winner by dollar amount with more than $3 billion in bids for 82 licenses.
The auction covered 200 licenses in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz bands.
The Spectrum had originally been won back in 2014, but those bids were either defaulted or withdrawn, leaving the licenses in the FCC's inventory.
The FCC said as much as $3.3 billion of the proceeds will help cover money borrowed to support the Rip and Replace program and other Commerce Department programs.
Chairman Brendan Carr said the Commission would vote at its July 22 meeting on whether to auction 160 MHz of upper C-band spectrum.
The FCC's draft order would go beyond that minimum and, according to the commission, will help create a broader 440 MHz C-band superband.
The FCC also said it had worked with aviation and satellite stakeholders on safeguards, which matters given the earlier debate around 5G and aircraft radio altimeters.
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