PolicyTracker: dražba frekvenc

Agencija odgovarja novinarju Jarosławu Adamowskemu.

What will be the format of the auction, will it be a Combinatorial Clock Auction (CCA) or a Simultaneous Multiple Round Auction (SMRA)?

CCA.

Will spectrum caps be applied? Do you wish to make room for a new operator in Slovenia's telecom market?

Yes, all bids in the public tender shall be subject to the following spectrum caps:

• 2 x 30 MHz across the 800 and 900 MHz bands,

• 2 x 15 MHz in the 900 MHz band,

• 2 x 30 MHz in the 1800 MHz band,

• 2 x 105 MHz FDD across the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, and 2600 MHz bands, including existing holdings in the 2100 MHz FDD spectrum.

Regarding possible new entrant: Two 2 x 5 MHz blocks in the 800 MHz band shall be reserved and available only to:

• applicants, which are new market entrants, or

• applicants, which are existing operators with at most a 15% market share of active end users of public mobile services.

Existing operators are considered those which, at the time of the submission of the public tender application, already hold a DARF or DARFs in any frequency band which is subject of this public tender, and which provide public mobile communication services in the Republic of Slovenia over these radio frequencies.

New operators are considered those which, at the time of the submission of the public tender application, do not already have a DARF or DARFs in the Republic of Slovenia in any frequency band which is subject of this public tender, and which would like to provide public mobile communication services over these radio frequencies.

For more detailes see link.

Have you received any feedback from the potential bidders? Are they happy with the auction format?

See results of Puclic Consultation on Information Memorandum.