18.11.2021

ANCOM received two application files in the competitive selection procedure organised for awarding spectrum usage rights for the 195 MHz available in the 800 MHz, 2600 MHz and 3400 – 3800 MHz bands. Both applications qualified and the two bids were admitted to the next stage of the selection procedure. The Authority launched the spectrum auction on 11 October 2021.

The bids

The Auction Commission analysed the two application files submitted in the competitive selection procedure and admitted the bids to the next stage of the auction. The two bids were declared winners in the qualification stage. Next, an additional primary round will be organised for awarding the frequency spectrum still available after the two bidders’ submitting the initial bids.

Spectrum available in the auction

During the auction procedure, the interested operators could purchase 195 MHz in the frequencies not acquired during the similar selection procedures of 2012 and 2015, as follows:

a)    1 block of paired 5 MHz in the 791-796 MHz/ 832-837 MHz sub-bands, for the period 1 January 2022 - 5 April 2029;

b)    8 blocks of paired 5 MHz in the 2530-2570 MHz/2650-2690 MHz sub-bands, for the period 1 January 2022 - 5 April 2029;

c)    1 block of 15 MHz TDD in the 2600-2615 MHz sub-band, for the period 1 January 2022 - 5 April 2029;

d)    18 blocks of 5 MHz in the 3400-3490 MHz sub-band, for the period 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2025.

The Authority will release further details as soon as the selection procedure has been completed.