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Spectrum Auction
Spectrum auctions in which companies bid on licenses to use portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Here, the uncertainty would come from, for example, estimating the value of the cell phone market in New York City.
IPOs, in which bidders need to estimate what the market value of a company's stock will be.
Pay per click advertising online, in which advertisers gain higher ranking if they bid higher amounts per click from a search engine user
USA
In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) conducts auctions of licenses for electromagnetic spectrum. The FCC has been conducting competitive auctions since 1994 rather than assigning spectrum through comparative hearings (under which the specific merits of each applicant is litigated), or through lotteries. FCC spectrum auctions are open to any company or individual that is determined by the Commission to be a qualified bidder.
Sweden
On 2008-05-08 Sweden's Post- & Telestyrelsen, PTS concluded a 16-day SMRA, (Simultaneous multiple-round auction) for nine 15-year 4G-licenses for a total bandwidth of 190 MHz in the 2,6 GHz band. The total required minimum bids were SEK 50,000,000, but the total winning bids were SEK 2,099,450,000 or USD 38.60 / inhabitant.
Canada
The Canada 2008 Wireless Spectrum Auction beginning on 2008-05-27 Industry Canada commenced an auction for 105Mhz of spectrum with 40Mhz reserved for new entrants. The auction concluded on July 23rd, 2008 after 331 rounds and raised $4.25 billion.
Germany
From 2000-07-31 to 200-08-18, the German government conducted an aution for 12 frequency blocks for the new UMTS mobile telephony standard. The total of the bids exceeded expectations by reaching the staggering amount of DEM 98.8 billions (EUR 50.8 billions). (See de:Versteigerung der UMTS-Lizenzen in Deutschland)
