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We need a spectrum position before the auction.
The spectrum price everyone quotes is a national average, and in the CBRS auction the average was wrong for five counties in six. The board wants a number within weeks. The figure that matters is what this spectrum is worth to you, market by market, and the price you can defend paying for it.
The number everyone quotes is wrong for five counties in six.
$0.198
CBRS average paid / MHz-POP, per licence
$0.032
median county paid
16%
of counties above the average
22
counties = half the $4.5B raised
Filed · FCC Auction 105 results · retrieved 2026-09-17 · reproduced by the free tool
What we would look at
- What comparable licences cleared at, per market rather than a national average
- How much depth you need for the service you are selling, and where the next MHz stops adding capacity
- What the band does not buy you: indoor penetration, device ecosystem, equipment timing
- Who else is likely in the room, what their balance sheet allows, and what they have paid before
- The walk-away price, and what has to be true for it to move
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