c-Ahead Insights

The FCC is planning a 5G auction double header starting this fall with the 28 GHz auction (Auction 101) starting on November 14, followed by the 24 GHz auction (Auction 102). Following that, a 39 GHz Incentive Auction which will include both sellers and buyers of spectrum. Innovative Suite [...]

In July 2017, the Canadian spectrum regulator – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, or “ISED” – initiated an auction process to release “residual” licenses. The residual licenses consisted primarily of licenses unsold from previous auction processes. The auction was a single-round sealed-bid process with bids submitted on May 15, [...]

On March 28, 2018, the Canadian spectrum regulator, ISED, initiated a process that will lead to an auction of 600 MHz spectrum licenses in March 2019. Canadian auctions typically have bidding restrictions, in this case there will be a "set aside" of three 10 MHz blocks for non-national carriers. Set-aside [...]