Sunday, September 23, 2007

WiMAX operators get Europe's first chance to bid for 2.6GHz

Norway has announced the auction rules for 2.6Hz, a key target for mobile WiMAX. The auction will be held in November.

The European Commission fought a long but ultimately unsuccessful battle to persuade regulators that 2.6 GHz should be licensed on a technology neutral basis across the whole EU. Having earlier been earmarked as a 3G expansion band there was insufficient support for making the opening up of the band compulsory. However, Norway is a keen spectrum liberaliser so it is not surprising that the licences will be technology and service neutral, following the approach taken with the recent 3.5GHz auction.

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http://www.policytracker.com/alerts.php?tact=617

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