Wireless auction bidders revealed

PAUL ALLEN APPLIES TO BID IN US WIRELESS AUCTION
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Peter Kaplan]
A venture led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has applied to bid in an upcoming U.S. auction of coveted wireless airwaves, according to auction documents released late on Tuesday. Allen was listed with an entity called Vulcan Spectrum LLC among the applicants who filed to bid in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction of 700-megahertz spectrum, which is scheduled to begin on January 24. Allen heads an investment company called Vulcan Capital and is also a majority shareholder in U.S. cable operator Charter Communications. The auction applicants also included, as expected, Internet leader Google and U.S. wireless providers AT&T Inc and Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone. Also listed was Qualcomm. A Reuters search of the documents did not turn up any application by EchoStar. There was speculation earlier this month that the satellite television operator might apply to enter the auction. Representatives of EchoStar could not be reached for comment.
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* See applicant list at http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auctions_home