On 22 September 2011, France assigned 2.6 GHz licenses to the four existing mobile operators Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange France and SFR. The French regulator ARCEP relied on a “multi-criteria (sealed bid)” approach. The bids and resulting awards were as follows: Bouygues Telecom won a frequency block of 15 MHz paired, for €228,011k Free [...]
From ACMA website (September 27, 2011) The ACMA has announced that Power Auctions LLC is the successful tenderer for the provision of spectrum auction capability, implementation and related advisory services for the 700MHz and 2.5GHz (digital dividend) spectrum auction, expected to take place in the second half of 2012. Power Auctions was chosen from a [...]
Terms of Spectrum Auction in Greece Rankle Operators By KEVIN J. O’BRIEN Published: August 14, 2011 BERLIN — This November, the Greek government hopes to raise as much as €300 million by auctioning some of the best parts of its broadcast spectrum to three mobile network operators. Proceeds from the sale would help Greece weather [...]
On July 20, 2011, CBO released a cost estimate for the S.911 Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act. According to the report, to implement incentive auctions, the bill would: Authorize the FCC to spend auction receipts to pay firms that voluntarily relinquish their spectrum; Appropriate up to $1 billion from the auction receipts to [...]
Peru’s state agency for promoting private investment, ProInversión, has announced that it is starting an auction process for two blocks of spectrum in the 1700 MHz and 2100MHz bands. The spectrum is intended for telecommunications services and will last 20 years, with possibility of renewal. The main proposal is to increase broadband, since these bands [...]
I just read an interesting article written by Chiara Remondini regarding a plan in Italy to auction 800 MHz frequencies hoping to raise $3.5 billion. The idea is for broadcasters to vacate spectrum in time for the sale (planned for September 2011) and receive 10% of the sale proceeds for their agreement to vacate. Operators [...]
Written by Benny Har-Even The French auction for LTE spectrum is now imminent after French digital economy minister Éric Besson signed a decree launching the tender for operators to submit their bids, The process will begin in the coming days, French newspaper Le Monde reported, once the announcement is published in an official gazette. Operators [...]
In my short presentation at the Rayburn House Office Building earlier this week where I was the only non-economist on the panel discussing incentive auctions it occurred to me why broadcasters are against incentive auctions. How would you like it if over 100 economists told you that your use of the spectrum (the holy grail [...]
The FCC and the Administration want to make 120 MHz of spectrum currently used for broadcast available for other, presumably higher-value, wireless uses. Policymakers are proposing using voluntary auctions to encourage broadcasters to sell their licenses, but questions remain on how these incentive auctions would work in practice. Discussion at “Spectrum Incentive Auctions: the Nuts, Bolts and [...]
The government of Argentina plans to auction spectrum in the1890-1985 MHz blocks, according to a Dow Jones News Wire story in the Wall Street Journal. Bidding rules are expected to become available as early as next week. The auction should take place this year, Dow Jones reported five megahertz and 10 megahertz blocks will be [...]
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