FCC Auction 114 Opens Bidding on 132 FM Radio Permits

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• Telecom09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  FCC Opens Bidding in Upper C-Band Auction 115

  Washington, DC, USAFederal Communications Commission

  

  Starts 04/27/2027SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 208 daysFCC^[1] Auction 115 notice: bidding 'is tentatively scheduled to commence on April 27, 2027' (Federal Register title: 'Scheduled for April 27, 2027'); tentative until final procedures issue.

  The FCC's Auction 115 puts 3,248 flexible-use licenses covering 160 MHz of Upper C-band spectrum (3.98-4.14 GHz) up for bid across the contiguous US, with bidding tentatively set to begin on 27 April 2027 ahead of a 4 July 2027 statutory deadline.

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• Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk

  Verizon Wins $3.2 Billion of AWS-3 Spectrum in FCC Auction 113

  Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street Northeast, NoMa, Washington, DC 20554, United StatesVerizon

  

  Starts 06/26/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins91% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 91%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better97 days agoPublic notice DA 26-633, "Released: June 26, 2026", announces the Auction 113 winning bidders; it says bidding concluded on June 23, 2026.^[1]

  Verizon, bidding as Cellco Partnership, won 82 of the 200 AWS-3 licenses in FCC Auction 113 for $3.16 billion, the bulk of the $3.57 billion the auction raised from seven winning bidders.

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• Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk

  Verizon Closes $1 Billion UScellular Spectrum Purchase

  U.S. Cellular Plaza 1, 8410 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, O'Hare, Chicago, IL 60631, United StatesVerizon

  

  Starts 06/01/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better122 days agoArray's 8-K: "On June 1, 2026, Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc. (f/k/a United States Cellular Corporation) ... completed the previously announced sale of select spectrum assets to Verizon Communications Inc."^[1]

  Verizon completed its $1 billion cash purchase of cellular, AWS and PCS spectrum licenses from Array Digital Infrastructure, the former UScellular, covering about 8 percent of the US population.

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• Infrastructure09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  Stargate Milam County 'Freebird' Phase 1 Data Center Due for Completion

  County Road 133, Burlington, Milam County, Texas 76519, USASB Energy

  

  Starts 10/15/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 14 daysScheduled: the Texas^[1] Department of Licensing and Regulation filing lists "Completion Date: October 15, 2026" (start 20 Oct 2025); a filed date, not a confirmed handover.

  Phase 1 of the SB Energy and OpenAI Freebird campus, a 548,950 sq ft, four-data-hall building in Burlington, Texas, has a filed completion date of 15 October 2026 and an estimated cost of $470 million.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Sound Transit's 1 Line Opens to Federal Way

  Federal Way Downtown station, Federal Way, WA 98003Sound Transit

  

  Starts 12/06/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better299 days agoSound Transit's^[1] opening-day release, dated 6 December 2025, says riders can board the extension "starting today".

  The nearly 8-mile extension runs south from Angle Lake along I-5 and adds Kent Des Moines, Star Lake and Federal Way Downtown stations. Sound Transit moved the $2.5 billion project's opening up from an earlier target of March 2026.

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• Law09/25/2026@LawDesk

  Florida Court Enters Judgment for Qualcomm on ParkerVision Receiver Claims

  401, West Central Boulevard, Callahan, Orlando, Orange County, Florida, 32801, United StatesQualcomm

  

  Starts 10/02/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better364 days agoThe order granting the stipulated Rule 54(b) final judgment is 'Signed by Judge Paul G. Byron on 10/2/2025'; Qualcomm's 10-K says 'On October 2, 2025, the court entered a final judgment in our favor'.^[1]

  Eleven years into ParkerVision's radio-chip patent suit, a federal judge in Orlando entered a stipulated final judgment that Qualcomm does not infringe its receiver patents and stayed the rest pending appeal.

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• Audio09/14/2026@GameDesk

  Sonos Play (Sand)

  Santa Barbara, California, USASonos

  

  Starts 09/30/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins74% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 74%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence1 day agoGear Patrol^[2][4] (https://www.gearpatrol.com/audio/sonos^[1][3][5]-play-speaker-sand/) reports the sand finish revealed 2 September 2026 with pre-orders opening immediately and shipping 'at the end of the month'. No exact ship day is published, so the pin is dated to the last day of September 2026 as an estimate.

  Portable wireless speaker now available in a new sand finish.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  The Portal Brings Caltrain Into the Salesforce Transit Center

  425 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105Transbay Joint Powers Authority

  

  Starts 12/31/2035DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins9 years late40% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 40%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 49% confidence or belowin 9.2 yearsTJPA's^[1] project page gives an "anticipated revenue service date of 2035, funding dependent", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.

  The Portal takes Caltrain, and later California High-Speed Rail, underground from Fourth and King into the train box already built beneath the Salesforce Transit Center, with a new underground station at Fourth and Townsend. TJPA's July 2025 indicative estimate put the capital cost at about $7.57 billion, of which the federal government has pledged $3.38 billion.

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• Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk

  Rio Grande LNG Train 4 Starts Commercial Deliveries, Including to Aramco

  TX 48, Cameron County, Texas, 78578, United StatesNextDecade

  

  Starts 12/31/2030ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins66% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 66%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 4.2 yearsEstimated, per NextDecade's FID release: "The guaranteed substantial completion date for Train 4, as well as the date of first commercial delivery (DFCD) under the Train 4 LNG SPAs, is anticipated in the second half of 2030" - a half-year, so its last day.^[1]

  NextDecade's 6 mtpa Train 4 at Rio Grande LNG near Brownsville, Texas, a $6.7 billion expansion, is due to reach substantial completion and begin deliveries under its 20-year contracts in the second half of 2030. Aramco buys 1.2 mtpa of its output, alongside ADNOC and TotalEnergies.

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• Infrastructure09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  Dr. Richard A. Tapia Bridge Opens Over the Houston Ship Channel

  Sam Houston Tollway (Beltway 8) at the Houston Ship Channel, Houston, Texas, USAHarris County Toll Road Authority

  

  Starts 06/20/2027ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins69% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 69%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 262 daysEstimated: the Chronicle reports the first half "is expected to open in spring 2027" per Commissioner Adrian Garcia; a season alone is dated to its last day, 20 June 2027.^[1]

  The south half of Harris County's $1.45 billion Beltway 8 Ship Channel Bridge is due to open with traffic in both directions in spring 2027. The second half follows by the end of 2030.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Opens to Renforth

  Renforth Drive at Eglinton Avenue West, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx

  

  Starts 12/31/2031DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins8 years late40% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 40%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 49% confidence or belowin 5.2 yearsThe article says only that "The extension is expected to open in 2031", a year rather than a fixed day, so the pin sits on the last day of that year.^[1]

  The 9.2-kilometre westward extension of Line 5 Eglinton adds seven stations - four underground, two elevated and one in an open trench - ending at a trenched terminal at Renforth beside the eastern end of the Mississauga Transitway. Construction was estimated in 2026 at CA$3.97 billion, up from CA$2.47 billion a decade earlier.

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• Telecom09/24/2026@LawDesk

  Supreme Court Upholds Verizon's $47M Location-Data Fine

  Supreme Court of the United States, 1 1st Street Northeast, Washington, DC 20543, United StatesVerizon

  

  Starts 06/04/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better119 days agoThe slip opinion reads "No. 25-406. Argued April 21, 2026 - Decided June 4, 2026", decided together with No. 25-567, Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission.^[1]

  The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the FCC can issue forfeiture orders without a jury, upholding the ruling against Verizon over its $46.9 million fine for selling access to customers' location data and reversing AT&T's win over its $57 million fine.

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