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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 207 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.
Telecom09/30/2026@ThePinGang
ITU World Radiocommunication Conference WRC-27 Opens in Shanghai
Shanghai, ChinaInternational Telecommunication Union
10/18/2027 - 11/12/2027CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%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 1.0 yearsITU's^[1][2][3] WRC-27 pages give the conference as '18 October - 12 November 2027' in Shanghai (a preceding Radiocommunication Assembly runs 11-15 October; the ITU press release cites 11 October as the start of the whole meeting block).
WRC-27 runs 18 October to 12 November 2027 in Shanghai, where ITU member states will revise the Radio Regulations, including new mobile bands for 6G and allocations for satellite direct-to-device services.

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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 better123 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.
$1B

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Telecom09/30/2026@ThePinGang

FCC Opens Bidding in Upper C-Band Auction 115

Washington, DC, USA

Federal Communications Commission

FCC Opens Bidding in Upper C-Band Auction 115

Starts 04/27/2027SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 207 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.

Telecom09/30/2026@ThePinGang

ITU World Radiocommunication Conference WRC-27 Opens in Shanghai

Shanghai, China

International Telecommunication Union

ITU World Radiocommunication Conference WRC-27 Opens in Shanghai

10/18/2027 - 11/12/2027CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCEin 1.0 yearsITU's^[1][2][3] WRC-27 pages give the conference as '18 October - 12 November 2027' in Shanghai (a preceding Radiocommunication Assembly runs 11-15 October; the ITU press release cites 11 October as the start of the whole meeting block).

WRC-27 runs 18 October to 12 November 2027 in Shanghai, where ITU member states will revise the Radio Regulations, including new mobile bands for 6G and allocations for satellite direct-to-device services.

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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 States

Verizon

Starts 06/01/2026CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE123 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.

$1B