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It's still not entirely clear how it'll be used, but there's one thing about the FCC's upcoming
700MHz auction that we now know for sure: it'll go down on January 16 of next year. The feds look to sell off a grand total of 1,099 licenses freed by the approaching end of analog television broadcasting divided into five distinct blocks. So-called Blocks A and E cover the FCC's Economic Areas, 176 distinct subdivisions of the US and its territories. Block B is divided into the smaller Cellular Market Areas category, 734 in total. Block C is Regional, meaning just 12 licenses will be offered spanning the nation. Finally, the controversial Block D -- the
public access spectrum everyone's been in a tizzy over -- is being offered as a single giant honking license covering the entire country. As with any huge FCC spectrum offage, this sale promises to generate some corporate fireworks, public discussion, and mudslinging, so we're marking our calendars and crossing our fingers that CSPAN will cover all the wild action live. [Warning: PDF link]
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