CHICAGO, Jan. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Advantage
Spectrum, LP was the high bidder for 124 licenses in the recent
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) AWS-3 spectrum auction (No.
97) that concluded on Jan. 29, 2015.
United States Cellular Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary, USCC
Wireless Investment, Inc., is a limited partner in Advantage
Spectrum, LP, a Delaware limited
partnership. The net license cost for the 124 licenses acquired by
Advantage Spectrum amounted to $338.3
million.
Exhibit A contains a list of the licenses.
About U.S. Cellular
United States Cellular Corporation
[NYSE: USM] provides a comprehensive range of wireless products and
services, excellent customer support, and a high-quality network to
4.7 million customers in 23 states. The Chicago-based company had 6,500 full- and
part-time associates as of Sept. 30,
2014. At the end of the third quarter of 2014, Telephone and
Data Systems, Inc. owned 84 percent of U.S. Cellular. For more
information about U.S. Cellular, visit uscellular.com.
Visit investors.uscellular.com for comprehensive financial
information, including earnings releases, quarterly and annual
filings, shareholder information and more.
Exhibit A
Market
|
Market
Name
|
Block
|
Net $/MHz
Pop
|
Net Winning Bid
Amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
BEA001
|
Bangor ME
|
I
|
$0.30
|
$1,611,750
|
BEA001
|
Bangor ME
|
H
|
$0.35
|
$1,875,000
|
BEA002
|
Portland
ME
|
H
|
$0.41
|
$3,239,250
|
BEA002
|
Portland
ME
|
I
|
$0.71
|
$5,562,750
|
BEA016
|
Staunton
VA-WV
|
H
|
$0.17
|
$603,000
|
BEA017
|
Roanoke
VA-NC-WV
|
H
|
$0.76
|
$6,710,250
|
BEA019
|
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel
Hill NC
|
H
|
$0.77
|
$17,720,250
|
BEA021
|
Greenville
NC
|
H
|
$0.39
|
$3,599,250
|
BEA022
|
Fayetteville
NC
|
H
|
$0.31
|
$1,757,250
|
BEA025
|
Wilmington
NC-SC
|
H
|
$1.00
|
$10,555,500
|
BEA042
|
Asheville
NC
|
H
|
$0.51
|
$2,605,500
|
BEA042
|
Asheville
NC
|
I
|
$0.87
|
$4,460,250
|
BEA044
|
Knoxville
TN
|
H
|
$2.93
|
$32,370,750
|
BEA089
|
Monroe LA
|
I
|
$0.20
|
$660,000
|
BEA093
|
Joplin
MO-KS-OK
|
H
|
$0.57
|
$1,608,750
|
BEA093
|
Joplin
MO-KS-OK
|
I
|
$0.61
|
$1,715,250
|
BEA094
|
Springfield
MO
|
H
|
$1.44
|
$14,199,000
|
BEA098
|
Columbia
MO
|
H
|
$1.18
|
$4,779,750
|
BEA102
|
Davenport-Moline
IA-IL
|
H
|
$1.44
|
$8,074,500
|
BEA120
|
Grand Island
NE
|
H
|
$2.83
|
$8,157,000
|
BEA121
|
North Platte
NE-CO
|
H
|
$2.72
|
$1,673,250
|
BEA123
|
Topeka KS
|
H
|
$0.75
|
$3,559,500
|
BEA126
|
Western Oklahoma
OK
|
H
|
$0.13
|
$191,250
|
BEA165
|
Redding
CA-OR
|
H
|
$0.23
|
$837,000
|
BEA166
|
Eugene-Springfield
OR-CA
|
H
|
$0.47
|
$4,035,750
|
BEA168
|
Pendleton
OR-WA
|
H
|
$0.25
|
$523,500
|
BEA169
|
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA
|
H
|
$0.51
|
$4,047,000
|
BEA169
|
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA
|
I
|
$0.44
|
$3,510,750
|
CMA045
|
Oklahoma City,
OK
|
G
|
$3.75
|
$44,756,250
|
CMA098
|
Davenport-Rock
Island, IA-IL
|
G
|
$1.79
|
$6,501,000
|
CMA131
|
Rockford,
IL
|
G
|
$1.21
|
$4,214,250
|
CMA133
|
Manchester-Nashua,
NH
|
G
|
$1.48
|
$5,935,500
|
CMA157
|
Roanoke,
VA
|
G
|
$1.33
|
$3,356,250
|
CMA191
|
Yakima, WA
|
G
|
$0.24
|
$582,750
|
CMA203
|
Lynchburg,
VA
|
G
|
$0.64
|
$1,128,750
|
CMA214
|
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA
|
G
|
$0.81
|
$2,057,250
|
CMA216
|
Janesville-Beloit,
WI
|
G
|
$0.54
|
$867,750
|
CMA218
|
Wilmington,
NC
|
G
|
$1.20
|
$3,724,500
|
CMA229
|
Medford,
OR
|
G
|
$0.77
|
$1,560,000
|
CMA233
|
Wichita Falls,
TX
|
G
|
$0.82
|
$1,161,000
|
CMA244
|
Kenosha,
WI
|
G
|
$3.38
|
$5,619,750
|
CMA256
|
Charlottesville,
VA
|
G
|
$0.97
|
$1,816,500
|
CMA258
|
Jacksonville,
NC
|
G
|
$0.70
|
$1,239,000
|
CMA260
|
Lawton, OK
|
G
|
$3.29
|
$4,076,250
|
CMA269
|
Cumberland,
MD-WV
|
G
|
$4.00
|
$4,131,750
|
CMA278
|
Columbia,
MO
|
G
|
$2.15
|
$3,501,750
|
CMA305
|
Alton-Granite City,
IL
|
G
|
$2.96
|
$680,250
|
CMA336
|
California 1 - Del
Norte
|
G
|
$0.23
|
$503,250
|
CMA337
|
California 2 -
Modoc
|
G
|
$0.33
|
$216,000
|
CMA344
|
California 9 -
Mendocino
|
G
|
$0.47
|
$718,500
|
CMA394
|
Illinois 1 - Jo
Davie
|
G
|
$0.22
|
$754,500
|
CMA397
|
Illinois 4 -
Adams
|
G
|
$1.02
|
$2,152,500
|
CMA412
|
Iowa 1 -
Mills
|
G
|
$2.50
|
$1,485,000
|
CMA413
|
Iowa 2 -
Union
|
G
|
$0.54
|
$272,250
|
CMA414
|
Iowa 3 -
Monroe
|
G
|
$0.63
|
$567,000
|
CMA415
|
Iowa 4 -
Muscatine
|
G
|
$0.80
|
$1,208,250
|
CMA416
|
Iowa 5 -
Jackson
|
G
|
$0.33
|
$356,250
|
CMA417
|
Iowa 6 -
Iowa
|
G
|
$0.40
|
$631,500
|
CMA418
|
Iowa 7 -
Audubon
|
G
|
$0.66
|
$357,750
|
CMA420
|
Iowa 9 -
Ida
|
G
|
$1.92
|
$1,101,000
|
CMA421
|
Iowa 10 -
Humboldt
|
G
|
$0.66
|
$1,262,250
|
CMA422
|
Iowa 11 -
Hardin
|
G
|
$0.50
|
$568,500
|
CMA423
|
Iowa 12 -
Winneshiek
|
G
|
$0.66
|
$741,000
|
CMA425
|
Iowa 14 -
Kossuth
|
G
|
$0.80
|
$801,000
|
CMA426
|
Iowa 15 -
Dickinson
|
G
|
$0.59
|
$474,750
|
CMA430
|
Kansas 3 -
Jewell
|
G
|
$0.25
|
$117,750
|
CMA431
|
Kansas 4 -
Marshall
|
G
|
$2.05
|
$3,017,250
|
CMA435
|
Kansas 8 -
Ellsworth
|
G
|
$0.11
|
$144,750
|
CMA436
|
Kansas 9 -
Morris
|
G
|
$1.24
|
$694,500
|
CMA437
|
Kansas 10 -
Franklin
|
G
|
$1.44
|
$1,685,250
|
CMA441
|
Kansas 14 -
Reno
|
G
|
$0.22
|
$386,250
|
CMA442
|
Kansas 15 -
Elk
|
G
|
$0.23
|
$351,750
|
CMA467
|
Maryland 1 -
Garrett
|
G
|
$1.14
|
$342,000
|
CMA505
|
Missouri 2 -
Harrison
|
G
|
$1.66
|
$575,250
|
CMA506
|
Missouri 3 -
Schuyler
|
G
|
$0.66
|
$370,500
|
CMA508
|
Missouri 5 -
Linn
|
G
|
$0.86
|
$586,500
|
CMA509
|
Missouri 6 -
Marion
|
G
|
$0.75
|
$689,250
|
CMA514
|
Missouri 11 -
Moniteau
|
G
|
$0.58
|
$966,000
|
CMA518
|
Missouri 15 -
Stone
|
G
|
$0.43
|
$630,000
|
CMA519
|
Missouri 16 -
Laclede
|
G
|
$0.42
|
$487,500
|
CMA534
|
Nebraska 2 -
Cherry
|
G
|
$2.96
|
$788,250
|
CMA535
|
Nebraska 3 -
Knox
|
G
|
$3.07
|
$3,411,000
|
CMA536
|
Nebraska 4 -
Grant
|
G
|
$3.66
|
$1,172,250
|
CMA548
|
New Hampshire 1 -
Coos
|
G
|
$0.34
|
$834,000
|
CMA549
|
New Hampshire 2 -
Carroll
|
G
|
$0.22
|
$561,750
|
CMA566
|
North Carolina 2 -
Yancey
|
G
|
$0.17
|
$318,750
|
CMA567
|
North Carolina 3 -
Ashe
|
G
|
$0.40
|
$732,000
|
CMA568
|
North Carolina 4 -
Henderson
|
G
|
$0.48
|
$1,983,750
|
CMA570
|
North Carolina 6 -
Chatham
|
G
|
$0.29
|
$599,250
|
CMA572
|
North Carolina 8 -
Northampton
|
G
|
$1.08
|
$3,345,750
|
CMA573
|
North Carolina 9 -
Camden
|
G
|
$0.35
|
$483,750
|
CMA574
|
North Carolina 10 -
Harnett
|
G
|
$1.40
|
$5,683,500
|
CMA575
|
North Carolina 11 -
Hoke
|
G
|
$1.10
|
$3,030,750
|
CMA576
|
North Carolina 12 -
Sampson
|
G
|
$0.83
|
$1,449,000
|
CMA577
|
North Carolina 13 -
Greene
|
G
|
$0.34
|
$942,750
|
CMA578
|
North Carolina 14 -
Pitt
|
G
|
$0.32
|
$946,500
|
CMA599
|
Oklahoma 4 -
Nowata
|
G
|
$0.23
|
$496,500
|
CMA601
|
Oklahoma 6 -
Seminole
|
G
|
$1.05
|
$2,397,000
|
CMA602
|
Oklahoma 7 -
Beckham
|
G
|
$0.46
|
$618,000
|
CMA603
|
Oklahoma 8 -
Jackson
|
G
|
$0.43
|
$391,500
|
CMA604
|
Oklahoma 9 -
Garvin
|
G
|
$1.21
|
$2,709,750
|
CMA605
|
Oklahoma 10 -
Haskell
|
G
|
$2.46
|
$2,060,250
|
CMA607
|
Oregon 2 - Hood
River
|
G
|
$0.83
|
$707,250
|
CMA608
|
Oregon 3 -
Umatilla
|
G
|
$0.21
|
$350,250
|
CMA610
|
Oregon 5 -
Coos
|
G
|
$0.37
|
$1,005,750
|
CMA611
|
Oregon 6 -
Crook
|
G
|
$0.60
|
$1,554,750
|
CMA632
|
South Carolina 8 -
Hampton
|
G
|
$0.31
|
$765,000
|
CMA646
|
Tennessee 4 -
Hamblen
|
G
|
$1.44
|
$4,776,750
|
CMA655
|
Texas 4 -
Briscoe
|
G
|
$0.07
|
$27,750
|
CMA656
|
Texas 5 -
Hardeman
|
G
|
$0.12
|
$91,500
|
CMA680
|
Vermont 2 -
Addison
|
G
|
$0.37
|
$885,750
|
CMA682
|
Virginia 2 -
Tazewell
|
G
|
$0.42
|
$565,500
|
CMA683
|
Virginia 3 -
Giles
|
G
|
$0.43
|
$972,750
|
CMA684
|
Virginia 4 -
Bedford
|
G
|
$0.39
|
$768,000
|
CMA685
|
Virginia 5 -
Bath
|
G
|
$0.52
|
$328,500
|
CMA687
|
Virginia 7 -
Buckingham
|
G
|
$0.21
|
$204,750
|
CMA696
|
Washington 4 - Grays
Harbor
|
G
|
$0.47
|
$621,000
|
CMA697
|
Washington 5 -
Kittitas
|
G
|
$0.12
|
$186,000
|
CMA698
|
Washington 6 -
Pacific
|
G
|
$0.77
|
$1,560,750
|
CMA699
|
Washington 7 -
Skamania
|
G
|
$0.42
|
$131,250
|
CMA703
|
West Virginia 3 -
Monongalia
|
G
|
$1.27
|
$3,661,500
|
CMA704
|
West Virginia 4 -
Grant
|
G
|
$2.44
|
$5,688,750
|
CMA705
|
West Virginia 5 -
Tucker
|
G
|
$4.29
|
$5,524,500
|
CMA707
|
West Virginia 7 -
Raleigh
|
G
|
$0.24
|
$600,750
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$338,304,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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SOURCE United States Cellular Corporation