DBS, cable bidders may seek alternative partners; Nontraditional bidders withdraw from AWS auction.(News)

RCR Wireless News, August, 2006

Byline: KELLY HILL Despite initial anticipation that cable and satellite companies would use the advanced wireless services spectrum auction to catapult into the mobile marketplace, the hype doesn't seem to be panning out. However, walking away from the spectrum auction may not be a bad thing, at least for the satellite companies-and it doesn't necessarily mean that they have no path to wireless.

By the end of the second week of bidding, the non-traditional bidders had mostly dropped out of the auction or opted to focus on small slices of spectrum within their wireline footprint. Early on, the companies had angled for large blocks of regional spectrum-until the bidding spiraled upwards of $100 million per license for even 10 megahertz of spectrum in...

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