Mediagazer: Bidding in Government Auction of Airwaves Reaches $34 Billion (Edward Wyatt/New York Times)

8:05 AM ET, November 25, 2014

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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:

Bidding in Government Auction of Airwaves Reaches $34 Billion — WASHINGTON — A government auction of airwaves for use in mobile broadband has blown through presale estimates, becoming the biggest auction in the Federal Communications Commission's history and signaling that wireless companies expect demand …

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Paul Carsten / Reuters:

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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:

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Rachel Zarrell / BuzzFeed:

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Associated Press:

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