FCC Approved Bidders List (in Alphabetical Order)

The FCC released a list of  approved bidders for the auction January 24 of the 700 Mhz wireless spectrum.  This spectrum is valuable because signals can travel long distances and penetrate thick walls. Depending on the size of the area covered by the spectrum, bids are expected to start at several thousand dollars up to one hundred million dollars. The auction is seen as an opportunity for new companies to enter the wireless marketplace.  It is the analog spectrum that is being abandoned by analog television in 2009.  Proceeds from the auction are expected to raise $10 Billion for the US government:

Approved bidders include:
Google, Verizon, AT&T, Alltel, Vodaphone, EchoStar, Cablevision, Vulcan Ventures (Microsoft founders Paul Allen's company) MetroPCS, Cricket and Qualcomm.

For a complete list continue reading.

List of Qualified FCC 700 Mhz Auction Bidders Followed by Bidding
Credit Range

  • 585 Consortium 0 - 15,000,000
  • ACS Wireless License Sub,
    Inc.
  • Adams Telcom, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Advance/Newhouse Partnership
  • Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • AlasConnect, Inc.
  • Alltel Corporation
  • Aristotle Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • AST Telecom, LLC
  • AT&T Mobility Spectrum, LLC
  • AWS Spectrum, LLC 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Bascom Long Distance, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Bay Electronics, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Bayou Internet, Inc.
  • BEK Communications Cooperative 0 - 15,000,000
  • Bend Cable Communications, LLC
  • Blanca Telephone Company 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Blaze Broadband LLC 0 - 15,000,000 Y
  • Blue Valley Tele-Communications, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • BlueBird Telecommunications Ltd. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Bluegrass Wireless LLC
  • Bluewater Wireless, L.P. 0 - 15,000,000
  • BPS Telephone Company 0 - 15,000,000
  • Bresnan Communications, Inc.
  • Broadband Wireless Unlimited, LLC 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Budget Phone
  • Buffalo-Lake Erie Wireless Systems Co., L.L.C. 0 -
    15,000,000
  • Buggs Island
    Telephone Cooperative 0 - 15,000,000
  • C&W Enterprises, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Cable Montana
    LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Cascade Access, L.L.C.
  • Cavalier Wireless, LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
  • Cellular South Licenses, Inc.
  • Central Texas Telephone Investments,
    LP
  • Central Wisconsin Communications, Inc.
  • CenturyTel Broadband Wireless LLC
  • Chariton Valley Communication Corporation, Inc. 15,000,000 -
    40,000,000
  • Chequamegon Communications Cooperative, Inc. 15,000,000 -
    40,000,000
  • Chester Telephone Company 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • CHEVRON USA INC.
  • Choice Phone LLC
  • Churchill County
    Telephone d/b/a CC Communications
  • Cincinnati Bell
    Wireless LLC
  • Citizens Mutual Telephone Cooperative 0 - 15,000,000
  • Club 42 CM Limited Partnership 0 - 15,000,000
  • COLI INc 0 - 15,000,000
  • Columbia Cellular, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Command Connect, LLC
  • Comporium Wireless, LLC
  • Computer Techniques, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • ComSouth Tellular, Inc.
  • Continuum 700 LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Copper Valley Wireless, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Corn Belt Telephone Company, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Cox Wireless Inc.
  • Cricket Licensee 2007, LLC
  • Cross Telephone Company, LLC
  • CRT Holdings, Inc. 0 -
    15,000,000
  • CSC Spectrum Holdings LLC
  • CSConnect Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • CTC Telcom, Inc.
  • Cumby Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Danville Mutual Telephone Company 0 - 15,000,000
  • Data-Max Wireless LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Day Management Corporation
  • Delmarva Broadband LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Dragon Arch, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • East Ascension Telephone Company, LLC
  • East Kentucky Network, LLC
  • Eastern Colorado Wireless II, LLC
  • Ellijay Telephone Company
  • Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Farmers Telephone Company, Inc.
  • Fidelity Communications Company
  • First Mile Holdings, Inc.
  • FMTC Wireless, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Forum Communications Company
  • Frontier Wireless LLC
  • FTC Management Group, Inc.
  • FWC Communications, Inc.
  • Glass, Laurence B 0 - 15,000,000
  • Glenwood Telephone Membership, Corporation 0 - 15,000,000
  • Gold Radio Group, LLC 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Golden Belt Telephone Association, Inc. 15,000,000 -
    40,000,000
  • Google Airwaves Inc.
  • Grand River Communication, Inc.
  • Granite State Long Distance, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Great American Broadband, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Green Hills Area Cellular Telephone, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • GreenFly LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Guam Cellular & Paging Y
  • H & B Communications, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Hemingford Cooperative Telephone Company 0 - 15,000,000
  • Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
  • Huxley Communications Corp.
  • I-700, LLC
  • IdeaOne Telecom Group, LLC
  • Independents Fiber Network, LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Inland Cellular Telephone Company
  • Iowa Intelegra
    Consortium, LLC
  • Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.
  • James Valley Cooperative Telephone Company 15,000,000 -
    40,000,000
  • Kaplan Telephone Company, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Kinex Networking Solutions, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • King Street
    Wireless, L.P. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Kingdom Telephone Company 0 - 15,000,000
  • KTC AWS Limited
    Partnership 0 - 15,000,000
  • Kurian, Thomas K 0 - 15,000,000
  • Lackawaxen Long Distance Company, Inc.
  • LCDW Wireless Limited Partnership 0 - 15,000,000
  • Lexcom, Inc.
  • Ligtel Communications, Inc.
  • LL License Holdings, LLC 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Lynch Wireless Broadband Company, LLC
  • MAC Wireless, LLC
  • Manti Telephone Company 0 - 15,000,000
  • maxima international llc 0 - 15,000,000
  • MCBRIDE SPECTRUM PARTNERS, LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • McDonald County Telephone Company 0 - 15,000,000
  • Mediapolis Telephone Company 0 - 15,000,000
  • MetroPCS 700 MHz, LLC
  • MH Telecom, LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Mid-Missouri Telephone Company
  • Midwest AWS Limited Partnership 0 - 15,000,000
  • Miles Communications Corp 0 - 15,000,000
  • Miller, David 0 - 15,000,000
  • Missouri Valley
    Wireless, LLC
  • MTA Communications, Inc.
  • MTN3B Consortium
    15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Muenster Telephone Corporation of Texas
    15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Mulberry Cooperative Telephone Company, Inc 0 - 15,000,000
  • Muskrat Wireless, LP
  • N.E. Colorado Wireless Technologies, Inc.
  • NatTel, LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Neptuno Media 0 - 15,000,000
  • New Ulm Telecom, Inc.
  • North Dakota Network Company
  • Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone
    Company 0 - 15,000,000
  • Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Northern Iowa Communications
    Partners, LLC 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Northern New Mexico Telecom, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Northwest Missouri Cellular Limited Partnership
  • NSIGHTTEL WIRELESS, LLC
  • Nunn Communications, LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 15,000,000 -
    40,000,000
  • Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
  • Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
  • PBP Bidco LLC
  • PCS Partners, L.P. 0 -
    15,000,000
  • Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 15,000,000 -
    40,000,000
  • Pine Cellular Phones, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
  • Poka Lambro Telecommunications, LTD
    0 - 15,000,000
  • Polar Communications Mutual Aid Corporation
  • PTI Pacifica, Inc.
  • Public Service Wireless Services, Inc.
  • Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc.
  • Pulse Mobile LLC
  • PVT Networks, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • QUALCOMM Incorporated
  • Rainbow Telecommunications Association, Inc.
  • Red River Rural Telephone
    Association, Inc.
  • Redwood Wireless Corp. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Reiter, Scott D 0 - 15,000,000
  • Robinson, Jack E 0 - 15,000,000
  • RONAN TELEPHONE COMPANY 0 - 15,000,000
  • Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc.
  • SAL Spectrum, LLC
  • Sandhill Communications, LLC 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • SeaBytes, L.L.C. 0 - 15,0
  • Sierra Cellular, Inc.
  • Siskiyou Telephone Company 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Sky Com 700 MHZ, LLC
  • Slopeside Internet
  • Small Ventures USA,
    L.P. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Socket Telecom LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Spectrum Acquisitions, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Star Telephone Membership Corporation 15,000,000 -
    40,000,000
  • Surry Telecommunications, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • TCT West, Inc. 15,000,000
    - 40,000,000
  • The Chillicothe Telephone Company
  • The Pioneer Telephone Association, Inc.
  • The Ponderosa Telephone Co.
  • The S&T Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc.
    15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • The Tri-County Telephone Association, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • The World Company
  • Three River Telco 0 - 15,000,000
  • Toba Inlet PCS, LLC 0 -
    15,000,000
  • Towerstream Corporation 0 - 15,000,000
  • Tri-Valley Communications, LLC
  • Triad 700, LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Union Telephone Company
  • United Wireless Communications Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • USA
    Broadband LLC
  • USA Choice Internet Services Company LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Van Buren Wireless, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Vavasi NexGen Inc.
  • VentureTel 700, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Vermont Telephone Company, Inc. 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Vulcan Spectrum LLC
  • Washington County
    Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc 0 - 15,000,000
  • West Carolina Communications, LLC
    15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • West Wisconsin Telcom Cooperative, Inc. 15,000,000 -
    40,000,000
  • Western Iowa Telephone Association
  • Whidbey Telephone Company 15,000,000 - 40,000,000
  • Wireless Communications Venture
  • world network international services Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • Worldcall Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • WUE, Inc. 0 - 15,000,000
  • WWW Broadband, LLC
  • Xanadoo 700 MHz DE, LLC 0 - 15,000,000
  • Xpressweb Internet Services, Inc.