Uruguay to Auction 3G licenses in mid-Nov

date: August 23, 2001

Uruguay's telecoms regulator Ursec plans to auction spectrum for 3G mobile telephony in mid-November this year as well as 2G, Mario Bergara, Ursec board member and economist.

Spectrum blocks of 5MHz in 1800MHz, 1900MHz and 2100MHz bands will be sold under an auction format that would allow one operator to acquire blocks in all three bands. A minimum bid price will be set for each 5MHz block with a spectrum cap of 20MHz in each band, not to exceed 70 or 75MHz for all three bands.

Such an auction format would not only allow operators a chance to grab 3G spectrum, but also open the field to those companies who use Europe's GSM technology, which functions in the 1800MHz and 1900MHz bands, or the US's CDMA technology that uses the 1900MHZ band.

State operator Antel and Bellsouth subsidiary Movicom Uruguay are currently the only mobile operators in Uruguay. Movicom rents its license from Antel.

Abstracted from Business News Americas

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