FCC AWS-3 Spectrum Auction Closes at $45.9B (auctionbidding.fcc.gov)

The auction had a reserve price of $10.25 billion, with optimistic expectations at less that half of the ultimate closing bid total. The spectrum available for bidding was in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz bands.