Canada’s 700 MHz auction drama continues to play out as companies looking to influence bidding rules make their case known.The latest to offer its advice is Montreal-based Videotron, which is owned by telecommunications giant Quebecor Media Inc. Videotron President and CEO Robert Depatie told...
The Canadian governments plans to auction off 700 MHz spectrum is beginning to draw comments from industry players looking to ensure that their interests in any rule making are heard. Speaking at the 2011 Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto, Rogers Communications President Rob Bruce...
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...
Nortel Networks Corp. has received court approvals in Canada and the United States to move forward with the sale of its patent portfolio. The courts approved the the "stalking horse" bid for $900 million made by Ranger Inc., a unit of Google Inc. (GOOG).The...
Economic Times | May 2, 2011
NEW DELHI: Vodafone Essar , the country's second largest GSM-based mobile operator, said it supports auctions for all future allocations of airwaves and termed it the most 'optimal and efficient' methodology for handing out this scarce resource.
"Auctions will introduce...
Economic Times | May 2, 2011
NEW DELHI: Vodafone Essar , the country's second largest GSM-based mobile operator, said it supports auctions for all future allocations of airwaves and termed it the most 'optimal and efficient' methodology for handing out this scarce resource.
"Auctions will introduce...
LAS VEGAS – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski used his time before broadcasters to appeal to them about the benefits of voluntary spectrum auctions, the reality of today's spectrum landscape and to quietly chastise his host, the National Association of Broadcasters, for “distracting”...
Reuters | April 7, 2011 | Andre Grenon
(Reuters) - Telmex, the telecommunications giant controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, said it won a contract to provide the platform for wireless carrier Nextel's mobile broadband services.
Telmex, which controls 80 percent of Mexico's fixed phone lines,...
The Korea Herald | April 5, 2011 |Â Cho Ji-hyun
Regulator to sell rights to 2.1 GHz spectrum this year; major firms keen on acquiring
Korean telecom carriers are engaged in a high-stake competition to win a new wireless broadband spectrum which the state media regulator Korea...
A year after the Federal Communications Commission presented its National Broadband Plan to Congress, broadcast incentive auctions seem to be the major contentious point of the plan to date. CTIA and the Consumers Electronics Association wrote their first-ever co-signed letter to Congress today, urging...
Bangkok Post | March 3, 2011 |Â Komsan Tortermvasana
The country's new telecommunications regulator officially has no members yet but it has begun work on two master plans for the industry and national frequency management.
If all goes well, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) believes...
Telstra | March 4, 2011 | Media Release
Hong Kong, 4 March 2011 - Following the Auction of Radio Spectrum held by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Telstra International Group’s CSL Limited (CSL) has maintained its significant market leadership in mobile network technology and...
The federal government could reap more than $33 billion in net proceeds if it moves ahead with plans to auction off 120 megahertz of wireless spectrum currently under the control of television broadcasters, according to a white paper submitted to the Federal Communications Commission...
Bangkok Post | January 28, 2011
Samart Corporation won today's TOT Plc auction for a 20-billion-baht 3G (third generation) wireless broadband network expansion.
The e-auction was held on Friday morning after the Administrative Court last night rejected Ericsson's petition to halt the bidding.
The reserve bid price...
DataXu is launching a new real-time bidding system for mobile ad inventory. DX Mobile, a demand-side platform for bidding on mobile ad exchanges, follows a similar trend in the online space.Similar to an advertising investment management tool used for search engine marketing campaigns,...
Bangkok Post | January 24, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana
TOT Plc may have to postpone its planned auction for its nationwide third-generation (3G) wireless broadband expansion in the wake of allegations by some bidders of unfair treatment and poor transparency.
Chuti Krairiksh, the Information and Communications...
Bloomberg | January 6, 2011 | Thomas Black
Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission is studying holding an auction to create two new national television networks in digital format, the Mexico City daily Reforma reported.
Rafael del Villar, a commissioner for the agency known as Cofetel, said in...
TeleGeography | December 31, 2010
The private investment promotion agency, ProInversion, has postponed the process to award 25MHz of spectrum in the 1900MHz band which it had hoped would attract a fourth operator to enter the Peruvian mobile market.
ProInversion telecoms project director, Jesus Guillen, told...
Thailand’s TOT PCL is planning to hold an electronic auction for US$580.8 million worth of equipment and installation contracts for its 3G mobile phone network on Jan. 28.
According to Senior Executive Vice President Kamthon Waithayakul, TOT aims to sign contracts with the winners around...
The Federal Communications Commission is planning to auction 16 licenses for 700 MHz spectrum next July 19. The licenses previously were offered in Auction 73, but were either not sold or the winning bidder defaulted on the payments.Based on proposed minimum bid prices, the...
TeleGeorgraphy | December 2010
Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel has rejected petitions to allow existing mobile operators to participate in the upcoming auction of H Band 3G mobile spectrum, BNamericas reports. In early November this year, Telemar Norte Leste (Telemar, or Oi) and SindiTelebrasil, an association...
TeleGeography |Â Friday, 10 December 2010
Brazil’s national telecoms regulator Anatel says that six groups have submitted proposals to bid for the country’s final 3G mobile frequencies – the so-called H Band. Valor Online reports that the six are domestic operators Vivo, Claro, TIM Brasil, Oi,...
By Phisanu Phromchanya, Dow Jones Newswires
Execs support law to set up new regulator to supervise telecoms, broadcasting sectors.
Thailand's two leading mobile operators Wednesday called for the government to push for the quick establishment of a new industry regulator and the speedy...
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on whether to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to consider how the agency could adopt rules to give people who have “overcome substantial disadvantage” bidding credits in future auctions.The agency noted that it is supposed...
