South Africa released 3 Invitations to Apply for 2.6 GHz, 3.5 GHz and wireless broadcast channels. It appears that they are keen to get these auctions done. In the wireless broadcast case, they hope to have an auction completed by next week according to a Tender that they released on Monday and that was announced [...]
There were two bidders in the auction for a single 2 x 30 MHz block of FDD spectrum in the 10 GHz band in Norway. The winner was the Broadnet Norge, an internet service provider who won with a bid of NOK 172,000 ($26,371). According to John-Eivind Velure, head of the frequency planning section at [...]
With the arrival of spring things are starting to heat up in the spectrum auction world. We’ve updated the spectrum auction calendar with some new auctions and updates on several upcoming auction events. Contact us if you have questions.
The German telecom regulator BNetzA announced the 4 applicants for its upcoming auction of spectrum at 800 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2 GHz and 2.6 GHz as: Erste MVV Mobilfunk Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (E-Plus) Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH Vodafone D2 GmbH The auction is scheduled to begin on 12 April. Links [...]
In his February 24 speech to the New America Foundation, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski hinted at some of the ways the FCC hopes to find 500 MHz of spectrum to free up over the next 10 years. An obvious source will come from coordinating with the NTIA to identify federal spectrum that can be reassigned [...]
The KBE Auction Calendar and Auction Results pages have been updated with new information on upcoming and past spectrum auctions. If you have more updates, please contact us by clicking here.
KB Enterprises and LS telcom are offering auction training opportunities for bidders and regulators at the LS telcom Training & Competence Center in Lichtenau Germany.
Effective participation in spectrum auctions takes planning and preparation. We’ve been designing, implementing and participating in spectrum auctions for more than 15 years and have compiled a list of critical steps to help bidders prepare for an auction. With so many auctions scheduled internationally, we’re sharing some of our spectrum auction preparation tips with our [...]
On January 6, Cofetel, the Mexican telecom regulator announced that it plans to conduct two spectrum auctions by June 2010. One auction is slated to have 9 blocks of spectrum in the 1850MHz-1990 MHz bands in 8 of the 9 mobile telephone regions and the other will have 7 blocks of spectrum in the 1710MHz-2170MHz [...]
KB Enterprises and its strategic partner LS telcom filed a proposal with the FCC to create a database that will identify unused channels in the broadcast TV bands so they can be used by devices to provide data and voice services in the “white spaces” between broadcast stations. There were eight other proposals submitted, including [...]

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