AWS-3 Auction Ownership Information

By Trey Hanbury, A.J. Burton & Carly Didden on October 8, 2014

Last week, the Commission released the list of 80 applicants for the AWS-3 Auction, scheduled to begin November 13. From the names of the applicants, it is not always easy to tell what major telecom or investment companies have interests in the applicants. We have done the hard work for you, reviewing the ownership disclosures for these 80 applicants. Below, we provide the key ownership information, as well as links to the ownership disclosures, where available.

Applicant	Ownership Information
2014 AWS Spectrum Bidco Corporation	John A. Dooley TerreStar Corporation (Insulated LP, 99% Equity, 0% Vote; Highland Crusader, Sola Ltd, and West Face hold interests in TerreStar) Jarvinian LLC
Advantage Spectrum, L.P.	US Cellular
American AWS-3 Wireless I L.L.C.	DISH
AT&T Wireless Services 3 LLC	AT&T
Atlantic Seawinds Communications, LLC	Board of Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp. (Shallotte, NC)
Auction 97 Capital Partners, LP	Thomas A. & Hanne Wolf
BC4 LLC	Paul W. Chisholm Columbia Capital Telcom Ventures
Bek Communications Cooperative	BEK Communications
Big River Broadband, LLC	Big River Broadband, LLC (Gerard J. Howe)
Bluegrass Wireless LLC	Cellular Division of Logan Telephone Coop., Brandenburg Cellular Corp., North Central Telephone Coop., South Central Rural Telephone Coop. Corp., Cumberland Cellular
Bluewater Wireless L.P.	David Abrams (distressed securities investor and former controlling interest in USA Mobility), Amos Hostetter (net worth $2.6B, founder of Continental Cablevision), Charles Townsend (General Partner at Aloha Partners)
C&W Enterprises, Inc.	Kim & Wesley Kelley
Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless	Verizon
Central Texas Telephone Investments, LP	Board of Central Texas Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Goldthwaite, TX)
Cerberus Communications LP	Monon Telephone (general partner), Central Indiana Communications, Citizens Telephone Corp., Clay Co. Rural Telephone Coop., Miles Communications, New Lisbon Telephone, RTC Communications Corp. (limited partners)
Charles J. Ryan III P.C.	Self
Chester Telephone Company	Board controls (Chester, SC)
Choice Phone LLC	Richard Yu, Jeselyn Yu, Angelie Ong, Ronnie Lim
City of Ketchikan, AK d/b/a KTU Telecommunications	City of Ketchikan, AK
Cypress Cellular, LP	Anderson Pacific Partners, LLC (Kenneth Anderson and Christopher Jensen)
Docomo Pacific, Inc.	NTT DoCoMo Inc.
Eagle Telephone System, Inc.	Lillian, Michael, and Robert Lattin
Emery Telcom-Wireless, Inc.	Board of Emery Telephone (Orangeville, UT)
Fidelity Communications Company	Andrew B. Davis, Katherine E. Ruwwe, Michael T. Davis et al.
FMTC Wireless, Inc.	Board of Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Company (Nora Springs, IA)
FTC Management Group, Inc.	Board of Farmers Telephone Cooperative (Kingstree, SC)
Gaye, Irene A	Self
Geneseo Communications Services, Inc.	(ownership information not provided)
Gila River Telecommunications, Inc.	Gila River Indian Community
Glenwood Telephone Membership Corp.	Board controls (Blue Hill, NE)
Grand River Communications, Inc.	Board of Grand River Mutual Telephone Corp. (Princeton, MO)
Harbin, Anthony T	Self
Hemingford Cooperative Telephone Co.	Board controls (Hemingford, NE)
Home Enterprises, Inc.	Wayne Baldwin Trust, Irene Baldwin Trust
Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.	Board controls (Conway, SC)
Kurian, Beaulah T	Self
Ligtel Communications, Inc.	Ligonier Telephone (Robert. P Schloss Family Credit Shelter, Meshell Schloss, Phil Schloss Family Trust)
Lynch 3G Communications Corporation	LICT Corp (Mario J. Gabelli, MJG 1999 Descendants Trust, John Gabelli) (In 2006, Mr. Gabelli and affiliated companies and individuals agreed to pay $130 million to settle civil charges that they defrauded the FCC’s designated entity (DE) program by setting up “sham” entities to take advantage of bidding credits and other benefits.)
Michigan Wireless, LLC	Hilbert Communications, LLC (Zee Bee Development, Stephen J. Schneider, Paul O. and Carol H. Gehl Revocable Trust, Paul O. and Carol H. Gehl 2011 Trust, Robert K. Eddy)
NE Colorado Cellular, Inc.	Francis J. DiRico
New Access Wireless, LLC	David Grain Grain Management
Northern Valley Communications, LLC	Board of James Valley Communications (Groton, SD)
Northstar Wireless, LLC	Doyton Ltd., Catalyst Investors, Brian Rich, Christopher Shipman, D. Ryan McNally, Tyler Newton, Todd Clapp, Gene Wolfson, Caribou Creek Partners, DISH Network Corp., Charles and Cantey Ergen
Nsight Spectrum, LLC	Northeast Communications of Wisconsin (Patrick Riordan, Robert Riordan, Tailwind Capital Partners)
Orion Wireless LLC	David G. Behenna Trust/David G. Behenna
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.	Board Controls (Walterboro, SC)
Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative	Board Controls (Bemidji, MN)
Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.	Board Controls (Laurens, SC)
Pine Cellular Phones, Inc.	Jewel B. Callaham Trust
Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc.	Board Controls (Kingfisher, OK)
Prime Spectrum, LLC	Joshua Goldbard
Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc.	America Movil Carlos Slim Family
PVT Networks, Inc.	Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative
Radio Spectrum Partners, LP	Radio Spectrum Group, LLC
Rainbow Telecommunications Assn., Inc.	Board Controls (Everest, KS)
ReiTer, ScoTT D [sic]	Self
RigNet Satcom, Inc.	Kohlberg Kravis Robert investment funds, Henry R. Kravis, George R. Roberts
RSA 1 LP d/b/a Chat Mobility	Alltel Communications of Nebraska, Cumberland Telephone Co., Famers Mutual Telephone Co. of Stanton, Iowa, Farmers Telephone Co., Grand River Communications, Griswold Coop. Telephone Co., Iowa State Line Communications, Prairie Telephone Co., Interstate Enterprises
S&T Communications, Inc.	Board of S&T Telephone Cooperative Association (Brewster, KS)
SAAS License, LLC	SAAS Management, controlled by Sanjiv Ahuja (chairman and cofounder of Eaton Towers and former chairman and CEO of LightSquared) and Arun Sarin (former CEO of Vodafone)
Sagebrush Cellular, Inc.	Board of Nemont Telephone Cooperative (Scobey, MT)
Sandhill Communications, LLC	Board of Sandhill Telephone Cooperative (Jefferson, SC)
SI Wireless, LLC	Crosslink Wireless, Egyptian Telephone Coop. Assn., Shawnee Communications, Technology Group, Wabash Telephone Coop., Hamilton Co. Telephone Co-op.
Smith Bagley, Inc.	Estate of Smith Bagley (Elizabeth F. Bagley)
Smithville Spectrum, LLC	Smithville Holding (Darby A. McCarty Revocable Trust)
SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC	John Muleta; BlackRock Financial; and DISH (American AWS-3 Wireless)
Sofio, Joseph A	Self
Southeastern Indiana Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.	Board Controls (Dillsboro, IN)
Spotlight Media Corp, Inc.	Michael & Edith Gelfand
Teleguam Holdings, LLC	AP TeleGuam (AP Cayman Partners II, Advantage Partners IV, Japan Ireland Investment Partners)
Texas RSA 7B3, L.P. d/b/a Peoples Wireless Services	Board of Peoples Telephone Cooperative (Quitman, TX)
The Ponderosa Telephone Co.	Elizabeth L. Silkwood, Franklin E. Bigelow, James F. Wagner, Mary E. Costales, Kristann S. Mattes, Mary F. Bigelow,
T-Mobile License LLC	T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom)
Triad 8, LLC	Barry Lewis and Craig Viehwig
Triangle Communication System, Inc.	Board of Triangle Telephone Cooperative Assn. (Havre, MT)
Tristar License Group, LLC	William M. Mounger II
VTel Wireless, Inc.	J. Michel Guite 2011 Descendants Trust
Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association	Board Controls (Gowrie, IA)
Wolverine Wireless, LP	Jefferson Cellular (general partner – 51% owned by Jefferson Telephone Co. and 49% owned by US Cellular)
Zephyr Spectrum Holdings	John D. Curtis Jr.