LONDON-The U.K. Radiocommunications Agency said the auction for broadband fixed-wireless access licenses in the 28 GHz band will begin Nov. 10. Nine bidders will participate for three licenses in each of 11 English regions, plus Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Reserve licenses range from $145,000 to $5.8 million.
The companies that will compete for licenses are Eircom, Broadnet UK, Energis Local Access, Faultbasic, FirstMark Communications, Formus Communications, Norweb Telecom, Unica BFWA and Winstar Communications.
