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Auction 56: 24 GHz Service | Federal Communications Commission
Auction 56: 24 GHz Service /
Auction 56 began on 7/28/2004 and closed on 7/28/2004.
(See PN DA 04-2429)
880 licenses to be offered: Five in each of 172 EAs and four EA-like areas
24.25-24.45 GHz and 25.05-25.25 GHz
400 megahertz:
80 megahertz (paired 40 megahertz segments) in each of five channels (Channel Numbers 35-39)
3 Bidders won 7 licenses
Aggregation/Disaggregation/Partitioning
5/25/2004; 12:00 noon ET
6/4/2004; 6:00 pm ET
6/29/2004; 6:00 pm ET
Auction No. 56 included 880 licenses in the 24.25-24.45 GHz and 25.05-25.25 GHz bands (five licenses in each of 172 Economic Areas ("EAs") and four EA-like areas: Guam and Northern Mariana Islands; Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; American Samoa; and the Gulf of Mexico). Each license consisted of one 80 megahertz block of paired spectrum. A complete list of licenses for Auction No. 56 and their descriptions is provided in Attachment A of Public Notice DA 04-633.
Channel Number Channel Description Frequencies Bandwidth
35 Two paired 40 MHz frequency blocks 24,250-24,290 / 25,050-25,090 MHz 80 MHz
36 Two paired 40 MHz frequency blocks 24,290-24,330 / 25,090-25,130 MHz 80 MHz
37 Two paired 40 MHz frequency blocks 24,330-24,370 / 25,130-25,170 MHz 80 MHz
38 Two paired 40 MHz frequency blocks 24,370-24,410 / 25,170-25,210 MHz 80 MHz
39 Two paired 40 MHz frequency blocks 24,410-24,450 / 25,210-25,250 MHz 80 MHz
Total 400 MHz
The 24 GHz Radio Service can be used for any kind of digital fixed communications service consistent with the Commission’s rules. Services can be provided on a common carrier or non-common carrier basis.
24 GHz licenses are issued for a ten-year term from the date of license grant. Licensees have a renewal expectancy based on the provision of substantial service and substantial compliance with applicable Commission rules, policies, and the Communications Act. (See 47 C.F.R. § 101.529). Licensees must demonstrate that they are providing substantial service when they file their renewal application.
In order to establish its right to a renewal, a licensee in the 24 GHz service involved in a renewal proceeding must submit a showing explaining why it should receive a renewal. Licensees must provide a description of how the licensee has complied with the "substantial service" requirement, and provide supporting documents showing compliance with the respective construction requirements as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 101.529(b).
Bidding credits were available to small businesses or consortia thereof, as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 101.538. A bidding credit is a payment discount on a winning bid determined at the conclusion of the bidding process. The size of the bidding credit depends on the average annual gross revenues for the preceding three years of the bidder, its affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of its controlling interests:
A bidder with attributed average annual gross revenues of not more than $40 million for the preceding three years receives a 15 percent discount on its winning bid(s) for the 24 GHz license(s)
A bidder with attributed average annual gross revenues of not more than $15 million for the preceding three years receives a 25 percent discount on its winning bid(s) for the 24 GHz license(s)
A bidder with attributed average annual gross revenues of not more than $3 million for the preceding three years receives a 35 percent discount on its winning bid(s) for the 24 GHz license(s)
Small business bidding credits are not cumulative. A qualifying applicant receives the 15 percent, the 25 percent or the 35 percent bidding credit on its winning bid(s), but only one credit per license.
Incumbent 24 GHz Service licensees (formerly Digital Electronic Message Service (DEMS) licensees when they were in the 18 GHz band) authorized to operate in Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas ("SMSAs") shall retain exclusive rights to their channel(s) within their SMSA and must be protected. See 47 C.F.R. § 101.509(c). 24 GHz service licensees must also protect neighboring licensees. New EA licensees are encouraged to develop sharing agreements with these incumbents and other new EA licensees along the boundaries of their areas. Potential bidders seeking licenses for EAs that border Canada or Mexico are subject to coordination arrangements with those respective countries. See 47 C.F.R. § 101.509(d). We note that should an incumbent lose its authority to operate, the incumbent’s authorization will revert to the relevant EA licensee without being subject to competitive bidding.
There is no limit to the amount of spectrum that a 24 GHz licensee may aggregate. See 47 C.F.R. § 101.535. Partitioning and disaggregation are permitted. Licenses may be partitioned according to the procedures in 47 C.F.R. §101.535(a)(2). Spectrum may be disaggregated in any amount. A licensee need not retain a minimum amount of spectrum. See 47 C.F.R. §101.535.