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FCC Wireless Spectrum Auction Ends
Wireless provider T-Mobile was the largest winner in the U.S. wireless spectrum auction, with an $8 billion bid for 1,525 licenses spread throughout the country, according to the FCC. T-Mobile said in a release that it won 45 percent of the spectrum up for grabs during the low-band spectrum auction.
Among other spectrum winners were Dallas-based AT&T with two bids of $6.2 billion and $910 million, and a Comcast bid of $1.7 billion. Basking Ridge, N.J.-based Verizon did not bid in the auction.