I believe the license database is now available in the more friendly CSV format. See: http://data.fcc.gov/download/license-view/ and http://data.fcc.gov/download/license-view/fcc-license-view-data-csv-format.zip
I'd make a page that shows what percentage is owned by who but I already have a weekend project :-) On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Fred Goldstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom asked, > > A relevent question is... What percent of Pre-existing PArt-101 licenses are > owned by who? For example, what percentage of PArt101 licenses are owned by > Sprint or Fiber tower? Surely without those numbers disclosed, we really > cant understand who these auxilary stations really would be helping. If our > competitors own most of the PArt101 licenses, Icant agree that helping our > competitors be more successful will make WISPs more sucessful. > I'd want to see that private independant WISPs and WISP industry own a > significantly large enough portion of the PArt101 band already. Can we get > these specs? > > FCC microwave license data is public; you can download the whole database. > I've done this a couple of times, most recently a bit more than a year ago. > (Warning: It's pretty tricky to work with. It's relational, with a ton of > little files, and they just distribute the text files, not the SQL that may > generate the most interesting answers. But if you like hacking in Access, > it can be fun to try.) From that data, not today's, here is the count of > the top 100 licensee names. (L=licensee; CL=licensee contact) > > entity_name entity_type CountOfcall_sign > Verizon Wireless CL 6956 > FIBERTOWER CORPORATION CL 3930 > New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC L 3450 > HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP CL 3389 > FiberTower Network Services Corp. L 3265 > RADIO DYNAMICS CORPORATION CL 2988 > Cingular Wireless LLC CL 2484 > METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS, INC L 2460 > AT&T Mobility LLC CL 2270 > Keller and Heckman LLP CL 1977 > UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD L 1480 > Comsearch CL 1471 > UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CL 1461 > CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS III, LLC CL 1416 > AT&T CORP. CL 1355 > Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III, LLC L 1185 > CELLCO PARTNERSHIP L 1174 > Teligent, Inc. CL 1108 > Sensus CL 1090 > T-Mobile License LLC L 1064 > Consolidated Spectrum Services CL 1003 > LOS ANGELES SMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP L 968 > AT&T CORP. L 895 > Clearwire Corporation CL 798 > TELECOM TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT, INC. L 797 > McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP CL 789 > Verizon Wireless (VAW) LLC L 786 > CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS II LLC L 775 > KATLINK LLC (debtor-in-possession) L 770 > KATLINK LLC (debtor-in-possession) O 770 > Telecom Transport Management, Inc. CL 752 > Covington & Burling LLP CL 745 > CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS II LLC CL 737 > BNSF Railway Co. L 726 > Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC CL 723 > BNSF Railway Co. CL 718 > Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC L 679 > Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC CL 677 > McDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY CL 648 > AT&T CORP L 615 > T-Mobile License LLC CL 608 > W. Stephen Cannon, Management Trustee L 599 > W. Stephen Cannon, Management Trustee O 599 > Dow Lohnes PLLC CL 599 > Qwest Corporation L 586 > Qwest Corporation CL 576 > BACKLINK V, LLC CL 575 > BACKLINK V, LLC L 575 > ART Licensing Corp. L 571 > Constantine Cannon CL 571 > Alltel Communications, LLC L 552 > WILKINSON BARKER KNAUER, LLP CL 550 > TRILLION PARTNERS, INC. CL 538 > Trillion Partners, Inc. L 529 > BACKLINK IV, LLC L 511 > BACKLINK IV, LLC CL 511 > BACKLINK III, LLC L 508 > BACKLINK III, LLC CL 508 > BACKLINK II, LLC L 506 > BACKLINK II, LLC CL 506 > BACKLINK I, LLC L 505 > BACKLINK I, LLC CL 505 > CHEVRON USA INC L 495 > CBS BROADCASTING INC. L 492 > NBC TELEMUNDO LICENSE CO. L 490 > Clearwire Spectrum Holdings II, LLC L 484 > Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc. L 467 > Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc. CL 462 > Sprint Nextel Corporation CL 453 > GTECH CORPORATION L 452 > Stratos Offshore Services Company CL 447 > ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. CL 447 > Alltel Communications, LLC CL 438 > CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP L 428 > Wiley Rein LLP CL 426 > MCI WORLDCOM NETWORK SERVICES INC L 425 > American Electric Power Service Corporation CL 410 > CALIFORNIA, STATE OF L 406 > Covington & Burling CL 406 > Brooks, Pierce, et al. CL 403 > Pacific Gas and Electric Company L 398 > Winstar Wireless Fiber Corp. (Chapter 7 Debtor) L 395 > Winstar Wireless Fiber Corp. (Chapter 7 Debtor) O 395 > UTC SPECTRUM SERVICES CL 391 > SprintCom, Inc. L 386 > Teligent License Company II, L.L.C. (debtor-in-possession) L 385 > Teligent License Company II, L.L.C. (debtor-in-possession) O 385 > Graham Brock, Inc. CL 384 > MICHIGAN, STATE OF L 380 > MOTOROLA INC L 380 > Pacific Gas and Electric Company CL 374 > PACIFICORP L 369 > Gannett Co., Inc. CL 367 > CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO CL 352 > American Electric Power Service Corporation L 344 > Schwartz, Woods & Miller CL 342 > Lukas, Nace, Gutierrez & Sachs, Chartered CL 340 > GEORGIA POWER COMPANY L 336 > NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY L 334 > USCOC OF GREATER IOWA, LLC L 333 > > > -- > Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com > ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ > +1 617 795 2701 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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