Winning bidder information for both the reverse and forward auctions is available on the Incentive Auction Dashboard. The incentive auction yielded $19.8 billion in revenue, including $10.05 billion for winning broadcast bidders and more than $7 billion for deficit reduction. The incentive auction bidding closed on March 30, 2017, repurposing 84 megahertz of low band spectrum for both licensed use and unlicensed use. Additional information about the incentive auction is available on the Broadcast Incentive Auction website. The incentive auction was comprised of three separate, but interdependent, parts: (1) a “reverse auction” in which broadcast television licensees submitted bids to voluntarily relinquish their spectrum usage rights in exchange for payments (2) a reorganization or “repacking” of the broadcast television bands in order to free up a portion of the ultra-high frequency (“UHF”) band for other uses and (3) a “forward auction” of wireless licenses for flexible use of the newly available spectrum. To make additional licensed wireless spectrum available, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (the “Spectrum Act”) authorized the FCC to conduct an incentive auction to repurpose broadcast television spectrum. About Spectrum Act and Broadcast Incentive Auction
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