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3G: 3rd Cellular Generation in Brazil
This page: Keeps track of the Band H frequency auction (3G) to be carried out by Anatel in 2010. |
Chronology of the Process
Done
- Public consultation of the Edital (number 21/2009) from 12/22/2009 to 02/22/2010. (Text in Portuguese)
- Edital was approved by Anatel's concil: 09/17/2010 (Presentation by Jarbas Valente)
- Edital published on 06/26/2010 (consult the edital)
- Seding proposals: 12/9/2010 (presented proposals Oi, Claro, CTBC, Nextel, Tim and Vivo.)
- Auction: 12/14/2010
- Anatel published on 05/27/11 the authorizations.
Current status: It's wating for the signature of the authorization conditions.
Next steps
- Sign the authorization conditions
Auction object: Band H and what was left from SMP frequencies.
Result: 60 lots were sold for R$ 2.7 billion with average goodwill of 30.59%. The 12th lot (Band H in Sector 33 of the PGO, in the state of São Paulo) presented the biggest goodwill (205.5%) acquired by Nextel.
| Operator | R$ million |
Lots |
Commentary |
| Nextel | 1,421 |
12 |
11 from the 13 Band H lots and 10 MHz in 1,7/1,8 MHz in all the Region I |
| Vivo | 1,022 |
23 |
1.7/1.8 MHz in almost the whole country and extension bands in 900 MHz |
| Claro | 174 |
15 |
1.7/1.8 MHz in North Region, Minas and other Brazilian regions |
| Tim | 82 |
8 |
1.7/1.8 MHz in Parana, Middle-West and other Brazilian regions |
| CTBC | 31 |
1 |
Band H in Area Codes 34,35 3 37, except sector 3 |
| Oi | 1 |
1 |
Setor 22 and 25 of the PGO, in the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Goiás |
| Total | 2,730 |
60 |
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From the 105 remaining lots, only 44 would be sold if previous lots, related to de same auctioned sub-bands, hadn't been sold and there were 61 left. Between the remaining lots there are 30 lots for 3G in TDD operation.
| Nextel purchases Band H and becomes a new competitor in the Brazilian mobile market |
Nextel acquired band H frequencies in almost the whole country and turned out to be the newest competitor to operate inside the Brazilian market. Vivo reinforced its presence as well by acquiring frequencies in 1.7/1.8 Ghz in all the country. |
Band H
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Sub-band (MHz) |
Band width (MHz) |
Transmission of |
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Mobile station |
ERB |
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| H | 10+10 | 1,945-1,955 | 2,135-2,145 |
New players are priority in the acquisition of band H.
The current providers can only participate of this process IF there are no new players interested. In this case, the 10+10 MHz band width will divided into two 5+5 MHz band widths and auctioned as sub-bands. The proposals for this 5+5 MHz will be delivered with the others, but will be open only if there are no new players interested.
Regions
Banda H will be auctioned for the same regions in which Brazil was divided for 3G auction in 2007.
Coverage Commitments
The auction winners will have to fulfill the following commitments about covering Brazilian cities:
- Cities with more than 100 thousand inhabitants - 100% up to 60 months
- Between 30 and 100 thousand inhabitants – 50% up to 60 months
- With less than 30 thousand inhabitants - 15% up to 72 months
The city is considered as covered when the coverage area reaches at least 80% of the urban area.
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