# Presentation: 075172

## Overview of Auction Process & Integrated Spectrum Auction System(ISAS)

**Low Power Television (LPTV)**
- Auction No. 81
**Jeff Crooks (Jeff.Crooks@fcc.gov)**
**Auctions Analyst**
**Wireless Telecommunications Bureau**
**Auctions & Spectrum Access Division**
**202-418-2074**

**June 24, 2005**

## Disclaimer

- 	 Nothing herein is intended to supersede any provision of the Commission's rules or public notices.  These slides should not be used as a substitute for a prospective applicant's review of the Commission's relevant orders, rules, and public notices.  Prospective applicants must familiarize themselves thoroughly and remain current with the Commission's rules relating to low power television, television translator, and Class A television broadcast rules relating to application and auction procedures, and the procedures, terms and conditions contained in the Auction No. 81 public notices.

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## Questions?

- 	If you are viewing this presentation live over the web, please feel free to email your questions to...

- auction81@fcc.gov

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## Agenda

- 	Overview the FCC’s Simultaneous Multiple Round (SMR) Auction Design and Terminology
- 	Discuss Auction #81 Rules and Procedures
- 	Review and Hands-on Demonstration of the FCC Auction System

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## Simultaneous Multiple Round (SMR) Auction Design

- 	Simultaneous — All construction permits are offered at the same time
- 	Multiple Round —Multiple discrete bidding rounds
- 	Bidding continues until there is one round in which there is “no activity” on any construction permit
- 	No new bids, withdrawals or proactive waivers

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## Auction Conceptual Design

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## Bidding Units Defined

- 	Bidding Units-BUs: Fixed number assigned to each construction permit in the auction as listed in Attachment A of the Procedures Public Notice. BUs are used to measure bidders’ eligibility and activity. BUs also serve as a mechanism in which the FCC can monitor and control the general pace of the auction.

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## Eligibility and Activity Defined

- 	Eligibility: _The __*maximum*__ number of bidding units a bidder can bid on_. It is established by a bidder’s Upfront Payment and cannot be increased. Eligibility is not construction permit specific. A bidder may use its eligibility on any of a number of construction permit it has selected on its Form 175 application.
- 	Activity: The sum of the bidding units for the construction permit(s) that a bidder has **p**rovisionally **w**inning **b**ids (PWBs) on from a previous round and construction permits which new bids are placed on in the current round. The activity requirement is based on the stage of the auction and is _the __*minimum*__ number of bidding units a bidder can be active on_.

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## Stages and Activity

- Two (2) Stage Auction Event
- Stage 1: 80% activity requirement
- 	If a bidder has 10,000 bu worth of eligibility, its activity requirement will be 8,000 bu in Stage 1
- Stage 2: 95% activity requirement
- 	If a bidder has 10,000 bu worth of eligibility, its activity requirement will be 9,500 bu in Stage 2

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## Bidding Units in Action

*	**Example*:  	You have 100 BU’s worth of eligibility and 			an 80% activity requirement of 80 BU’s
- 	What can you bid on to maintain the activity requirement? Texas-01 _***or***_ Montana-01 _***or***_ Montana-01 _and_ Minnesota-01, but not Minnesota-01 by itself; auction application selection dependent.
- 	How much can you bid?  Any one of the nine pre-defined dollar amounts. Your bidding budget is _not_ related to the dollar amount you provided in upfront payment to FCC.

| Area | Description/Market | Bidding Units | Upfront Payment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MX001 | Texas-01 | 100 | $100  |
| MX002 | Montana-01 | 80 | $80  |
| MX003 | Minnesota-01 | 10 | $10  |

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## Auction Rules and Procedures

- Three (3) Activity Rule Waivers
- Proactive versus Automatic
- One (1) Withdrawal Round
- Withdrawals are _not_ the same as removals
- Bid removal is an “undo” of bids placed within a given round (check required activity)
- Bid withdrawal is an “undo” of provisionally winning bids (PWBs) from a previous round (check required activity and know that withdrawals may have monetary consequences)

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## Auction Rules and Procedures

- 	Bid increments determined by fixed 10% increment
- 	Minimum acceptable bids will be approximately ten percent greater than the provisionally winning bid (PWB). The auction system allows for a total of nine bid increment amounts for each construction permit.  Each of these increments are approximately 10% higher than the previous increment.
- 	Bidding via:
- 	Internet
- 	Auction Bidder Line **(Phone number will be provided in one of the direct mailings)**
- 		(live humans: auction experts and bid assistants)

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## The SecurID Card

- Multiple cards sent to all bidders via FCC mailing
- Random number refreshes every 60 seconds
- Countdown indicator
- Please return to the FCC for recycling

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## To Ensure a Positive Auction Experience

- Do your homework
- Read all Public Notices related to this auction
- Participate in the Mock Auction
- Test backup strategies and activate _all_ SecurID cards
- Use Auction Bidder Line to ask “what if” questions
- Check for and read ALL announcements to stay informed
- Bidding schedule
- Auction parameter changes
- Bid Early!
- Print Round Summaries

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## Auction Conceptual Design

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